Nearly five months after the Amarillo College Board of Regents authorized Chris Sharp, vice president of business affairs, to accept an offer from the Crouch Foundation for the old JC Penney building at 3701 Plains Blvd., the board approved the purchase during its Tuesday meeting.
The building will be the location of the college’s new First Responders Center, bringing programs from the East and West campuses under one roof, with the potential of hosting other programs currently housed at the East Campus. The regents approved the purchase price of $625,000.
According to previous Globe-News reports, the regents saw an opportunity to partner with Amarillo Independent School District s AmTech Career Academy project, which is located at 3601 Plains Blvd. With the proximity of the First Responders Center, the partnership could create further synergy between the college and the school district, officials said.
Officials with the Amarillo Independent School District announced Thursday that students can now pre-register for classes at the AmTech Career Academy, the district s new career and technical education high school which is set to open in the fall.
According to previous reporting by the Amarillo Globe-News, the academy will be an expansion of the Amarillo Area Center for Advanced Learning (AACAL) and will be located at 3601 Plains. The name for the facility was approved during.an October 2019 meeting of the district s board of trustees.
Students who wish to attend the academy are required to complete the pre-registration form, which can be accessed at https://amtech.amaisd.org/admissions, according to a news release from the district. This includes students who may not be attended courses at the school in their freshman year of high school.
New AmTech Career Academy begins pre-registration for fall students Amarillo Independent School District has unveiled the name and logo for a new state-of-the-art career technical school. (Source: AISD) By Bailie Myers | January 15, 2021 at 11:16 AM CST - Updated January 15 at 11:18 AM
AmTech will offer 30 educational pathways across nine different schools including animal science, architecture, business, culinary arts, law and public service, medical arts, media arts, STEM and IT, and transportation.
Students will lean and work with peers from high schools across the district. Faculty experts, all highly trained in their fields, will share their experiences and knowledge with students to prepare them for careers after they graduate.
The Amarillo Independent School District’s Board of Trustees recently voted to further make progress on the district’s AmTech Career Academy. At its recent board meeting, the trustees voted to approve a contract with Navajo Office Products to purchase furniture for the facility.
According to previous reports by the Amarillo Globe-News, the district’s board approved the name of its career academy during a special meeting in late October, with it being an expansion of the Amarillo Area Center for Advanced Learning (AACAL) and will be located at 3601 Plains.
The board selected Tri-State General Contracting Group as the contractor for this project during the regular October meeting, with the contract for the project being approved to be $8,652,751. Overall, the project is expected to cost $9,748,590.