McFatter Technical Center

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William T. McFatter Technical Center includes a magnet high school located in Davie, Florida. The campus tries to maintain an average of 600 pupils in the school at one time, about 150 students per grade. These students are picked out of a lottery after they have met the requirements to get in to the school. Certain requirements include a GPA of at least 2.5 and an FCAT score of a Level 3 or higher.

[edit] History

The school began as a Vocational center for adults, later expanding to combine a full school high school magnet program focusing on college preparation and vocational training. In 2006 the school was honored as Florida's model high school. It was also named a New Millennium High School, being only one of twenty in the state of Florida. The School Board of Broward County has rated the school as an "A" for the last five years. The whole high school program has been running in a total for seven years, and is located near Broward Community College and Alvin T. Sherman Library.

[edit] Operation

For their freshman and sophomore years, students are required to take a "Tech Studies" course, in which they explore the aspects of all the technical programs that the center has to offer. With the end of their sophomore year, students are required to choose their technical program for the rest of their high school years. All students take honor classes or classes on higher levels, but can be excused from them by parental permission. The school operates from 9:15 AM to 4:10 P.M. Students that use school buses as transportation home must take a shuttle bus to Nova High School, where they then get on their buses. There are clubs and organizations for students to participate in.

Address
William T. McFatter Technical High School
6500 Nova Drive Davie, Florida, 33317 USA
Information
School district	Broward County Public Schools
Principal	Mark A. Thomas
Assistant principals	Mary Ellen Fowler, Ellen Albano, Wylie L. Howard, Walter Snipes
Enrollment	554
Type	Public high school
Grades	9-12
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Silver & Navy
Homepage	Official Site

Because the campus does not have any sports teams, Physical Education and Health Management classes are required to take as a freshman, then another as a sophomore. The school emblem is an atom. The first class to graduate from McFatter was in 2002.