EastSide Charter broke ground on its new $25 million STEM hub Wednesday. (Jarek Rutz/Delaware LIVE News)
EastSide Charter’s new $25 million STEM hub boils down to one word: accessibility, said Chief Executive Officer Aaron Bass.
That hub was one step closer to reality Wednesday after the charter school held a groundbreaking ceremony for the 24,000-square-foot building scheduled to open in fall 2024.
“The number one industry in Delaware is STEM,” Bass said, but many students don’t know where to start if they want to be an engineer, chemist or doctor.
The hub is designed to help make those connections, in class and out.
Early last year, Chemours became EastSide’s lead donor in the venture, giving $4 million to the project.
Since then, Barclays US Consumer Bank donated $1 million, and EastSide received $3 million in federal funding and $5 million in state funds to build the…
