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 | |
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840 Old Town Road , , 06606 | |
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Type | Magnet |
Opened | 2013 |
Dean | Maggie Oquendo |
Principal | Jay Lipp |
Principal | Beswick Channer |
Principal | Christopher Johnson |
Grades | 9-12 |
Gender | Coeducational |
Enrollment | 1500 |
Colour(s) | Orange, Blue, Green |
Website | https://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.
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]
Fairchild Wheeler is made up of 3 smaller high schools with their own field of study.
Principal: Mr. Beswick Channer[5]
Principal: Mr. Jay Lipp[6]
Principal: Mr. Christopher Johnson[7]
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