The Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences, the final school in Bloomberg Philanthropies’ $250 million national initiative, broke ground Oct. 14 in Demopolis.
The $26.4 million healthcare high school is adjacent to its primary medical partner, Whitfield Regional Hospital, according to an Oct. 14 school news release. The inaugural freshman class of up to 100 students will begin at a temporary campus until the school officially opens in August 2027. The career pathways and curricula are still in development, but faculty, staff and student recruitment is set to begin this fall.
Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences will be the fourth free, state-supported residential specialty school in the state, joining programs in fine arts, math/science and cyber technology/engineering.
Selwyn Vickers, MD, president and CEO of New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and a Demopolis native, will serve as a special advisor at the school.
Bloomberg Philanthropies’ gave $250 million to 10 academic and healthcare system partnerships to create and open healthcare-focused high schools in 10 communities across the nation.
