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AEC-Focused High School Opens Its Doors to D.C. Students
Architecture News - Aug 26, 2008 - 15:21 8772 views
A select group of Washington, D.C., ninth graders have started classes at the city`s new $63 million Phelps Architecture, Construction & Engineering High School, known as PACE. A hybrid of trade school and college preparatory school, PACE offers an introduction to architecture, engineering, and construction as well as training in subspecialties like computer-aided design and drafting, interior design, brick masonry, and heavy-equipment operation. In a school district that is 95.4 percent minority—the highest in the nation—PACE promises to add diversity to the future AEC workforce.
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