Fort Smith Times Record
While the Peak Innovation Center may not be opening its doors in August as planned, students will still be able to complete the programs intended.
Programs will instead take place at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith s Western Arkansas Technical Center, said Christina Williams, coordinator of public information for the Fort Smith Public School district. The Peak Innovation Center was scheduled to be completed April 29.
The Fort Smith Board of Education recently learned the center will not open on Aug. 16 as planned for the fall semester, but will now open at the start of the spring semester in January 2022.
The motor company will help buy equipment for the center, a collaboration between the University of Arkansas and Fort Smith Public Schools to create career pathway programs in 22 districts, set to open in August.