New Ohio High School to Push Students

A new high school in Columbus, Ohio, will accept only 400 students total and focus on raising achievement in the district.

The Metro School is funded by Ohio State University and local science and technology company Battelle and will be free to any student in the 16 public school districts throughout Franklin County, The Columbus Dispatch reports.

It will focus specifically on math, science, technology and engineering — areas Ohio Department of Education spokesman J.C. Benton said are important for the 21st century.

When it opens this fall 100 freshmen will be accepted.

An additional 100 will be accepted each following year.

Those interested must go through an application and interview process.

Battelle has donated $500,000 in startup costs and promised other help for students.

Ohio State has donated buildings worth $1.2 million and will have faculty members training teachers for the school.

Those teachers won’t be at Metro School permanently. They will cycle back to other public schools to bring what they’ve learned in new teaching methodology to other teachers.