The Chattanooga Housing Authority has signed onto the proposed new downtown Adult High School.
The program is open to students ages 17 to 21 who have not been successful in the traditional high school setting.
Students learn in an intensive, college style setting, studying just a core curriculum, with no electives.
The existing Hamilton County Adult High School is in Harrison, and for many the distance is prohibitive.
Students say putting the new campus downtown will open the doors for others to earn their high school diploma.
Hamilton County High School Senior Christine Hagemeyer says, "I think that a lot more people would come so they wouldn't have to drive so far 'cause parents probably can't take their kids out here or won't allow them to drive this far."
The announcement of the location for the new adult high school is expected this Thursday.
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