Page 12 • September 10, 2020 • Edmond Life & Leisure
Topping Off Ceremony for Francis Tuttle Tech Center
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Francis Tuttle Technology Center held a topping out ceremony at their new facility being constructed in Edmond. The Danforth Campus will include 155,000 square feet on two levels and feature an entrepreneurial theme. The new campus is scheduled to open in August 2021. The new building is located on Danforth, between Coltrane and Sooner on the north side of Danforth.
Francis Tuttle Technology Center board of directors member, Kathy Reeser, signs a piece of steel that was hoisted to the highest point of the new facility being constructed in Edmond. In addition to housing all of Francis Tuttle’s current high school student academies, Engineering, Biosciences and Medicine and Computer Science, the Danforth Campus will house the new Entrepreneurship Academy.
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