Atlanta students return to new $30.5 million Tuskegee academy on first day

August 12, 2019, 2019 - Atlanta - Students wait their turn to get off their school bus on the first day of school at Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy, where the district is opening a new school building. The cost of the building project was $30.5 million. Bob Andres / robert.andres@ajc.com

August 12, 2019, 2019 - Atlanta - Atlanta Schools Superintendent Meria Carstarphen greets kids on their school bus, and gives them a brief history lesson on the Tuskegee Airmen. On the first day of school, she paid a visit to Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy, where the district is opening a new school building. The cost of the building project was $30.5 million. Bob Andres / robert.andres@ajc.com

August 12, 2019, 2019 - Atlanta - Students arrive for the first day of school at Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy, where the district is opening a new school building. The cost of the building project was $30.5 million. Bob Andres / robert.andres@ajc.com

August 12, 2019, 2019 - Atlanta - School Social Worker Lamont Mitchell high fives students as they get off the bus on the first day of school at Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy, where the district is opening a new school building. The cost of the building project was $30.5 million. Bob Andres / robert.andres@ajc.com

August 12, 2019, 2019 - Atlanta - Second grade teacher Anesha Williams gives Malae Tucker a hug as they gather in the gym on the first day of school at Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy, where the district is opening a new school building. The cost of the building project was $30.5 million. Bob Andres / robert.andres@ajc.com

August 12, 2019, 2019 - Atlanta - Students gather in the gym on the first day of school at Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy, where the district is opening a new school building. The cost of the building project was $30.5 million. Bob Andres / robert.andres@ajc.com

August 12, 2019, 2019 - Atlanta - On the first day of school, Atlanta Schools Superintendent Meria Carstarphen paid a visit to Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy and had breakfast with some of the students. It's a new school building. The cost of the building project was $30.5 million. Bob Andres / robert.andres@ajc.com

August 12, 2019, 2019 - Atlanta - Students head to class on the first day of school at Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy, where the district is opening a new school building. The cost of the building project was $30.5 million. Bob Andres / robert.andres@ajc.com

August 12, 2019, 2019 - Atlanta - Hassan Fuller drops off his kindergarteners, Rylee Potter and Melinda Wilson on the first day of school at Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy, where the district is opening a new school building. The cost of the building project was $30.5 million. Bob Andres / robert.andres@ajc.com

August 12, 2019, 2019 - Atlanta - Dad Hassan Fuller and Grandmother Maximus Fuller drop off their kindergarteners Rylee Potter and Melinda Wilson on the first day of school at Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy, where the district is opening a new school building. The cost of the building project was $30.5 million. Bob Andres / robert.andres@ajc.com

August 12, 2019, 2019 - Atlanta - First graders wait for their class to start on the first day of school at Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy, where the district is opening a new school building. The cost of the building project was $30.5 million. Bob Andres / robert.andres@ajc.com

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August 12, 2019, 2019 - Atlanta - Students wait their turn to get off their school bus on the first day of school at Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy, where the district is opening a new school building. The cost of the building project was $30.5 million. Bob Andres / robert.andres@ajc.com

By Vanessa McCray

Aug 12, 2019

Atlanta Public Schools celebrated the first day of the school year by welcoming students into a new $30.5 million building.

The district on Monday officially opened the building for the Tuskegee Airmen Global Academy. Superintendent Meria Carstarphen joined students this morning as they arrived at the new southwest Atlanta school, which is built on the same campus as the building it replaces.

Good Morning @APSTagAcademy and welcome back! What an absolutely stunning new campus that I am sure the entire community will love! 😍😍 Thanks for the yummy 😋🥛breakfast! ❤️💙✈️ #APSFirstDay pic.twitter.com/wjB1upliP3
— Meria Carstarphen (@CarstarphenMJ) August 12, 2019

The district plans to retain the old building, though it has not determined what its final use will be.

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The new building is among five major construction projects APS completed this summer in time for the school year. The projects, which totaled $80.2 million, also included the renovation of four schools.

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