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This Texas high school sounds pretty badass. We need these all over America
Posted on 4/7/24 at 10:06 pm
Posted on 4/7/24 at 10:06 pm
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This is insane. A new high school outside Dallas dedicated 1/3 of their floor space to entrepreneurship.
The 1st floor is a mall, where 15+ local businesses set up shop so students can be mentored, apply for jobs & learn how to run a biz.
There's also a:
- recording studio
- photo studio
- makerspace innovation lab
- coding lab
- eSports lab
- 10,000 square foot theatre
- 7,000 seat arena
The on site businesses get a cheaper lease if they mentor students.
Floors 2-3 have normal HS classes
The school is becoming a template for other schools and is called Opportunity Central.
Better yet, this school cost a whopping $100 million LESS than a normal new high school.
The superintendent sounds like a hero. Imagine if more administrators had common sense like this:
“You can be the most knowledgeable veterinarian in the world but if you can’t run the veterinary hospital and the business side to it, you’re not going to be very successful long-term.”
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Posted on 4/7/24 at 10:09 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
It's all fun and games until DubSack Studios writes little Johnny up for failing to put some respect on the studio producers' names.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 10:10 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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Better yet, this school cost a whopping $100 million LESS than a normal new high school.
What planet are we on where high schools cost this much?
Posted on 4/7/24 at 10:11 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
It's a good idea for some kids. My concern would be shuttling kids into jobs for the wrong reasons.
Also, I'd like to think if a person can get through vet school, they'd be able to do books etc and run a vet clinic.
Also, I'd like to think if a person can get through vet school, they'd be able to do books etc and run a vet clinic.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 10:14 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
That video is 3:50 long 
Posted on 4/7/24 at 10:14 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:I’m sold. This school is going places
That video is 3:50 long
Posted on 4/7/24 at 10:16 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
They should have used that space for a shop teaching kids to be electricians, instrument techs, welders, plumbers, and HVAC repair. Shortages in all of these, and money is better than learning to troubleshoot kiosks at Mickey D’s
Posted on 4/7/24 at 10:19 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I have no problem with this as long as they continue to train the larger percentage that aren’t cut out to be entrepreneurs. From working in healthcare most doctors are not cut out to run a business.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 10:44 pm to Privateer 2007
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Also, I'd like to think if a person can get through vet school, they'd be able to do books etc and run a vet clinic.
You'd be surprised at how shitty some people are with money. I have a friend (cop) whose brother has hit him up for money because he's broke. The brother is a doctor.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 10:46 pm to Icansee4miles
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They should have used that space for a shop teaching kids to be plant operators
FIFY
Posted on 4/7/24 at 10:50 pm to Jim Rockford
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They should have used that space for a shop teaching kids to be plant operators
Need T2 and water survival on-site. They’ll be offshore bitching bout the food in no time
Posted on 4/7/24 at 10:53 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Pump the brakes. The OC is directly across the street from my house. Not down the block or on the other side of town. I pull up the 4 way every day. Wife and I went there last Saturday. 3 restaurants open. 2 more closed. Several empty rooms. It is not a high school. Forney high school and north Forney high school are the only 2 high schools in Forney. It is a very large building with almost nothing going on inside.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 11:10 pm to Deactived
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What planet are we on where high schools cost this much?
That was exactly my question...how the hell much does a "normal" high school cost?
Posted on 4/7/24 at 11:19 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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You can be the most knowledgeable veterinarian in the world but if you can’t run the veterinary hospital and the business side to it, you’re not going to be very successful long-term.”
Is that why most vets are getting bought up by private equity firms?
Posted on 4/7/24 at 11:25 pm to ronk
Wait, that bullshite is in Fulshear? Please tell me I found the wrong Inspiration Blvd, right near the nearly brand new JR and High schools for Lamar?
WTF. I'll never buy a house in Fort Bend again, but I knew that already.
Expensive schools don't make y'alls kids smart. You paying more attention to their homework than their baseball and cheer schedules makes them smart.
WTF. I'll never buy a house in Fort Bend again, but I knew that already.
Expensive schools don't make y'alls kids smart. You paying more attention to their homework than their baseball and cheer schedules makes them smart.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 11:33 pm to ronk
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Pump the brakes. The OC is directly across the street from my house. Not down the block or on the other side of town. I pull up the 4 way every day. Wife and I went there last Saturday. 3 restaurants open. 2 more closed. Several empty rooms. It is not a high school. Forney high school and north Forney high school are the only 2 high schools in Forney. It is a very large building with almost nothing going on inside.
Well, this is an entirely different reality than what the OP described.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 11:34 pm to Icansee4miles
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They should have used that space for a shop teaching kids to be electricians, instrument techs, welders, plumbers, and HVAC repair.
The sad thing is that we already had all of that at one time. Somewhere along the way we figured it was a good idea to gut tech/vocational funding, and here we are.
Posted on 4/8/24 at 4:32 am to Privateer 2007
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Also, I'd like to think if a person can get through vet school, they'd be able to do books etc and run a vet clinic.
Well you’d be wrong, goes for physicians too
Posted on 4/8/24 at 4:58 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
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eSports lab
Get that shite out
Posted on 4/8/24 at 5:30 am to yellowfin
My daughter’s HS was built 2 years ago and has a huge space for future nurses. My wife is a nurse and said they have nicer equipment than most colleges she has visited.
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