At D.C.'s Phelps High, A Return to the Future
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The greenhouse at Phelps High School is a shell of exterior brick walls and exposed steel beams. But by August, when a $63.8 million renovation of the school in Northeast Washington is finished, the space will have computer-controlled window shades and watering systems.
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The school will have state-of-the-art computer equipment that can be used for a variety of related tasks: simulating the operation of heavy equipment, such as a backhoe and front-end loader; designing blueprints; and controlling window shades and water flow in the greenhouse.
"We'll be training our kids on tomorrow's equipment," said David G. Thompson, program coordinator for the school system's career and technical education department. "Even the employers won't have it because it's so new."
What a forward thinking concept .. I would like to visit this school. Lucky kids