Former Newport Elementary School to become electrical worker apprenticeship training facility
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local and its training arm purchased the former school in January with the goal of opening in the fall 2021.
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The former Newport Elementary School, which closed in 2019, was bought by the training arm of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1253 and has become a training facility for apprentice electricians.
Photo courtesy of AFL-CIO
The Augusta Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee program and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1253 are moving into a new, shared home come fall.
Augusta Electrical JATC purchased the former Newport Elementary School building in late January in hopes of opening in the fall, just in time for the local’s 75th anniversary.