Fairchild Wheeler Interdistrict Multi-Magnet High School

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Fairchild Wheeler
Address
Fairchild Wheeler Interdistrict Multi-Magnet High School
840 Old Town Road

Bridgeport
,
Connecticut
,
06606
Information
TypeMagnet
Opened2013
DeanMaggie Oquendo
PrincipalJay Lipp
PrincipalBeswick Channer
PrincipalChristopher Johnson
Grades9-12
Gender Coeducational
Enrollment1500
Colour(s) Orange, Blue, Green
Website https://www.bridgeportedu.net/FWC

Fairchild Wheeler Interdistrict Multi-Magnet High School is a magnet high school located in Bridgeport, Connecticut. [1] It has an enrollment of approximately 1500 students in grades 9 through 12.

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70% of students live in Bridgeport, and 30% of students live in the following districts: Easton, Fairfield, Milford, Monroe, Shelton, Stratford and Trumbull.

History

The high school cost $125.8 million to build, making it the most expensive school in the state of Connecticut at the time. [2] Since it is a magnet school, the state taxpayers paid $119 million of the costs. The school was built on both Trumbull and Bridgeport's land, but the campus was later given to Bridgeport. [3]

The first 203 Fairchild Wheeler graduates graduated in 2016. [4]

Multi-Magnet

Fairchild Wheeler is made up of 3 smaller high schools with their own field of study.

Biotechnology Research & Zoological Research

Principal: Mr. Beswick Channer [5]

Aerospace / Hydrospace Engineering & Physical Sciences

Principal: Mr. Jay Lipp [6]

Information Technology & Software Engineering

Principal: Mr. Christopher Johnson [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Fairchild Wheeler Campus Homepage" . Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Green Projects Award of Merit: Fairchild Wheeler Inter-District Magnet Campus". ENR New York. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Bridgeport, CT will get $125 million school for $6 million, Trumbull approval still pending - Watchdog.org". Watchdog.org. December 1, 2010. Archived from the original on January 2, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Fairchild Wheeler Celebrates Its First-Ever Class Of Graduates". Bridgeport Daily Voice. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Biotechnology Research and Zoological Sciences" . Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Aerospace/Hydrospace Engineering & Physical Sciences" . Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Information Technology & Software Engineering" . Retrieved May 7, 2023.

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