Stantec to design specialized Career Technical Education high school in New Mexico

Hobbs Municipal Schools (HMS) has selected Stantec to design a new Career Technical Education (CTE) Center in Hobbs, New Mexico. As a regional facility, the Center will potentially serve students from surrounding school districts in Lea County and provide the full spectrum of CTE Clusters and Pathways. The project features facilities to support a new Energy Cluster program that will provide students with the training to serve the local Gas and Oil Industry, as well as wind, solar and other energy technologies. Additionally, the new CTE facility will provide educational emphasis on architecture and construction, manufacturing, information technology, transportation and logistics, and STEM.

HMS initially asked Stantec to engage the Hobbs community, including educators, potential business partners and community leaders to help them understand and vision such a center, and how it would benefit their community. 

HMS is working with several partners in the development of the project, including City of Hobbs, Lea County, New Mexico Junior College, the Permian Strategic Partnership and the JF Maddox Foundation.

Stantec is currently developing a facility program for the CTE center with HMS staff and administration and community partners. Stantec is also analyzing specific site options for locating the project near the existing Hobbs high school, which is currently anticipating a 40% growth in student enrollment in the next five years.

“The Career Technical Education facility is not about a building, it is about a change in our culture,” said TJ Parks, HMS Superintendent. “HMS, along with its partners, wants to provide opportunities for our students that will enable them to be successful in their choice of careers or higher education. CTE is an enhancement to quality of life.”

Stantec has been selected as the prime consultant on the CTE project, responsible for planning, programming, architecture, interior design, and structural engineering. Stantec’s key local partners are Wilson & Company Inc., Engineers & Architects and Pettigrew and Associates, Civil Engineers.

The JF Maddox Foundation engages in innovative initiatives in support of community development throughout Lea County, New Mexico. The Permian Strategic Partnership is a consortium of energy and gas and oil-service companies positioned in Texas and New Mexico and who actively support education and training for the communities that they serve.

The new CTE Project is anticipated to cost approximately $40 million and will house over 600 students when completed in 2021.

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