A for Arizona Expansion & Innovation Fund Spotlight: Western School of Science & Technology

WSST is literally and figuratively extending their impact beyond the walls of the school by providing access to a critical utility for all learners in and surrounding their campus community as well as their alumni. With full-time, in-person instruction further delayed, virtual innovation must continue and access to WiFi is critical. WSST will provide access to a signal 24-7 by extending WiFi outside the walls of the school and around the immediate perimeter of the property in a community without consistent access to a strong signal. This allows community access at a location where the community can safely gather and will accelerate academic gains in this growing Golden Corridor of Excellence. This includes students who must learn during non-traditional hours because they are in charge of younger siblings who are at home due to school closures, and will provide WSST students with access to tutors at the school property in the afternoons and evenings for in-person support.