Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District Board of Trustees on Dec. 2 approved expanding science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) makerspace into part of the Boothbay Region High School cafeteria.
Principal Tricia Campbell introduced the concept which grew from partnerships with benefactors on equipment such as the Camaster Stinger II CNC and Jamieson LG-900 laser cutter. Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 Superintendent Keith Laser said another benefactor has stepped forward to cover the roughly $10,000 to build the space.
“We have a number of master teachers who are highly trained and highly effective in education in the STEAM arts and we wanted to look at how (we) can continue to build these programs,” said Campbell. “We want to take that applied physics, the computer programming, robotics, design, engineering, advanced math – the…
