An 18-year-old spent 3 years building a house for class. She lives in it now.
Victoria Turner has a compelling argument for why she gets the master bedroom, and it’s difficult to counter. “It’s only fair,” she told The Colorado Springs Gazette. “I mean, I helped build the house.”
Turner spent three years of high school working on a 1,200-square-foot modular home as part of Liberty High School’s building and construction class, run through Academy School District 20’s career and technical education program in Colorado Springs. Nearly 100 students worked on the house during that time. Under the supervision of working tradespeople, the students completed the overwhelming majority of the labor themselves.
“We have the kids do as much of the work as possible,” said Jaime Hernandez, the school’s building and construction teacher. “It’s the best way to get them workforce-ready.”
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Turner had wanted this since she was 7 or 8 years old, when she........
