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Rise STEM Academy Girls Unveiled | Lexington News
Fayette County just unveiled a massive 100,000-square-foot STEM powerhouse for girls — the Rise Academy — designed to empower young women of color from under-resourced backgrounds with hands-on science, tech, engineering, and math learning. Though it began in 2021 with K-2 students, it’s now expanding grade by grade, using a lottery system and even providing bus rides to ensure access. Leaders call it a game-changer: not just a school, but a movement shaping future innovators and redefining what success looks like. With only two K-8 girls’ STEM schools nationwide, this $58 million investment…
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