Statesboro STEAM opened in 2002 as the Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology. For more than two decades, the school operated inside a leased, former commercial building on Northside Drive East. On August 11, classes were held for the first time inside STEAM’s new 36,000-square-foot building on its 50-acre campus at the intersection of East Main Street and Veterans Memorial Parkway. “I think it's what some people might call the dream realized, because this has been something that even the founders wanted to do: to be able to have their own space, own building and provide this school to the students of Statesboro and Bulloch County,” said Corliss Reese, the charter school’s principal and superintendent. After Bulloch County commissioners approved tax-free bonds to finance the $9 million cost of building and quipping the school, construction started at the site in February 2025. The goal from the start was to begin classes for the 2026-27 school year in August 2026 – about a month later than STEAM’s normal mid-July start to a new year. As a state-chartered school, STEAM receives direct state funding for its annual operations and maintenance under Georgia’s Quality Basic Education, or QBE, formula, based on its number of students. The school cannot charge tuition. Although its attendance area is Bulloch County, STEAM operates under its own governing board, entirely separate from the Bulloch County Board of Education. Also, as a charter school it receives no state…
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