{"id":368241,"date":"2026-08-11T09:44:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T09:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/368241\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T09:44:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T09:44:41","slug":"ai-powered-private-school-in-tampa-has-yet-to-materialize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/368241\/","title":{"rendered":"AI-powered private school in Tampa has yet to materialize"},"content":{"rendered":"

A private school model<\/a> driven by artificial intelligence, known as Alpha School, announced it would open a Tampa location last fall. <\/p>\n

As Fox13 reports<\/a>, it was set to open inside the Redline Athletics building, at 14420 N. Dale Mabry Highway, with plans to move into a more permanent location in the future. <\/p>\n

It has yet to open.<\/p>\n

Anna Davlantes, the chief communications officer for Alpha School, said there have been a couple of roadblocks regarding “facilities, permits and safety” that have prevented the opening of a brick-and-mortar location in Tampa.<\/p>\n

“We remain committed to Tampa and are actively pursuing sites that meet our standards. We look forward to serving local families with a physical campus in the near future and also look forward to sharing an announcement soon,” Davlantes wrote in an email. <\/p>\n

She said Tampa residents have shown “tremendous interest” for Alpha School “outpacing the national when it comes to seeking innovative options for their kids.” <\/p>\n

The for-profit private K-8 school curriculum is “AI-powered,” meaning students learn traditional subjects with an AI tutor rather than licensed teachers. Instead, adults act as “guides” in the classroom, “shifting the traditional teacher-student relationship to offer motivational and emotional support,” according to their website.<\/a> <\/p>\n

Tuition for the for-profit private school model costs $50,000 to $60,000 annually depending on the location, as the South Florida Business Journal reports<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Alpha School also announced plans to increase their total number of U.S. campus locations to 50 from around a dozen. That includes plans to launch two campuses in Miami Beach and Boca Raton this fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A private school model driven by artificial intelligence, known as Alpha School, announced it would open a Tampa…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2872,149193,89265,123,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-368241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-ai","tag-alpha-school","tag-k-8","tag-miami","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}