Fairchild Wheeler Interdistrict Multi-Magnet High School

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.

Fairchild Wheeler
Address
840 Old Town Road

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

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 2022-09-22.
  2. "Green Projects Award of Merit: Fairchild Wheeler Inter-District Magnet Campus". ENR New York. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
  3. "Bridgeport, CT will get $125 million school for $6 million, Trumbull approval still pending - Watchdog.org". Watchdog.org. 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  4. "Fairchild Wheeler Celebrates Its First-Ever Class Of Graduates". Bridgeport Daily Voice. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  5. "Biotechnology Research and Zoological Sciences". Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  6. "Aerospace/Hydrospace Engineering & Physical Sciences". Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  7. "Information Technology & Software Engineering". Retrieved 2023-05-07.

41.2251°N 73.1847°W / 41.2251; -73.1847

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