U.S. Representative Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, will join state and local leaders on Tuesday to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences, ASHS, in Demopolis. Slated to open in the fall of 2026, the school will become the fourth state-supported residential high school in Alabama and will be specifically dedicated to preparing Alabama students for careers in the healthcare industry.
“With an education in Demopolis—in Alabama’s rural Black Belt—ASHS students will discover the value of their service as community healthcare professionals and what it means to make a true difference to that community. Armed with training and certification, graduates will fill healthcare jobs across the State of Alabama and make immediate, positive contributions in an industry that has a dire need for trained professionals. In order to improve the health of rural Alabamians, building rural healthcare leaders will be the priority of this school,” Sewell’s release shared.
This investment was made possible by the State of Alabama, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Bloomberg Philanthropies and a consortium of Alabama health systems, as well as state two- and four-year colleges and universities.
The school will serve 85-100 students in each graduating class.
