Alabama’s future healthcare high school receives $26.4M boost from Bloomberg

Bloomberg Philanthropies pledged a major investment toward the prospect of a statewide healthcare sciences high school, contingent on approval of the school by the Alabama Legislature. The donation of $26.4 million was announced Wednesday in Demopolis by a joint partnership of the Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences Foundation, the Alabama Department of Education, and Whitfield Regional Hospital in Demopolis. Demopolis was proposed as the location for the school because of its rural location, strong regional hospital and proximity to additional hospitals and higher education institutions. Th