By September, an abandoned school in Lansing, Mich. will reopen its doors as a high-tech training center, where kids and adults develop skills in technology and STEM subjects, the Lansing State Journal reports.
Holmes Street School closed in 2000, but Spartan Internet Technology Corp. saw some use for it. The nonprofit group offers programs to help people develop science, technology, engineering and math skills, and realized that the 32,000-square-foot building would serve as a perfect place to train tomorrow's workforce.
Spartan Internet owner Ryan Vartoogian bought the building for $120,000 and expects to spend about $1.5 million on renovations. The school will house Spartan Internet and the Information Technology Empowerment Center of Lansing.
"There are a lot of unfilled vacancies in the IT field in mid-Michigan," Vartoogian said. "It's going to give kids today who might not have the opportunity to get those skills to be prepared for those positions."
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