Floyd County School of Innovation to launch this fall

The Floyd County School of Innovation is giving students an opportunity for hands-on focused education. It’s bringing the construction site into the classroom as heavy equipment pathway students learn how to operate a backhoe and bulldozer on a simulator.

Three different pathways will be offered: pre-engineering, computer science, and heavy equipment -- each partnering with a local business or educational institution.

“They get to sit in a seat that moves and vibrates. It makes noises when you hit something. Then they get to go to our community partner and sit down in a dozer and be asked on what they know,” said Christina Crase, principal of the Floyd County School of Innovation.

“I think this just gives them a leg up when they walk out of high school with a certification to run a backhoe or dozer,” said Floyd County Schools Superintendent Danny Adkins.