Hermantown to add Dunwoody dual-credit courses in fall 2026, including VR DC Circuits labs
Hermantown High School plans to add two hybrid CTE courses with Dunwoody College of Technology in fall 2026, with dual credit and high school credit. Fundamentals of DC Circuits includes VR vision goggles for parts of the lab work.
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Key takeaways
Hermantown High School plans to add two hybrid CTE courses with both high school credit and Dunwoody dual credit beginning in fall 2026.
Fundamentals of DC Circuits students will use virtual reality vision goggles for portions of lab work.
MPR News reported Dunwoody is launching a fall pilot in six Minnesota school districts to bring college-level technical classes into high schools.
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Beginning in fall 2026, Hermantown High School is set to add two hybrid Career and Technical Education (CTE) offerings, developed with Dunwoody College of Technology: Fundamentals of DC Circuits and Early Global Architecture. The district said Fundamentals of DC Circuits students will complete parts of the lab experience using virtual reality vision goggles, and both classes provide dual credit through Dunwoody along with high school credit.
MPR News reported Sept. 9 that Dunwoody College of Technology is starting an initiative to deliver college-level technical classes inside high school classrooms, allowing students to earn college credit. The pilot begins this fall in six Minnesota school districts.
What’s launching: two courses, one of them VR-based labs
The local implementation is intentionally narrow. Hermantown will offer Fundamentals of DC Circuits and Early Global Architecture as hybrid courses, with students earning both high school credit and dual credit through Dunwoody, the district said on its live feed. The DC circuits course is where virtual reality enters the daily operating model. Students will use “virtual reality vision goggles” for portions of the lab experience, according to Hermantown Community Schools. The Duluth News Tribune reported the two pilot courses run 14 to 16 weeks during the fall semester and that 13 Hermantown students are participating across the two offerings.
The operational model is simple on paper, then gets real
Public descriptions of the model point to online coursework paired with “mixed-reality” lab work.
Why dual-credit delivery matters more than the headset
MPR News characterized the effort as Dunwoody beginning an initiative that places college-level technical instruction in high school classrooms and provides college credit. The Duluth News Tribune likewise reported that students can earn both high school and college credit through online coursework and mixed-reality labs.
A second timeline sits behind it: Hermantown’s 2030 funding signal
Hermantown Community Schools is also monitoring a broader facilities and funding backdrop that could influence how quickly it scales programs like these. In a superintendent update posted to the district’s live feed, Hermantown said it is aware of a proposed data center project and a related agreement between the City of Hermantown and Google that includes “a long-term financial commitment” to the school district beginning in 2030. The district also said it was not involved in negotiations, has no role in development decisions, and remains neutral on the project.
According to a district post, Hermantown Community Schools said it is aware of a proposed data center project and a related agreement between the City of Hermantown and Google that includes a long-term financial commitment to the school district beginning in 2030. The district said it was not involved in negotiating the agreement, does not participate in decisions about the development, and remains neutral regarding the project.
What to watch as the pilot moves from headlines to lab days
The Duluth News Tribune reported the Hermantown pilot courses run between 14 and 16 weeks throughout the fall semester. MPR News described the broader effort as a fall-start pilot in six Minnesota school districts.
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