Mililani High School is adding a hands-on manufacturing and robotics classroom, a win for students in Hawaii looking for technical career paths.

• Mililani High is the first high school in the country to get a Meera Lab.
• The lab is a STEM classroom that teaches modern manufacturing and robotics, aimed at students from kindergarten through high school.
• It opens Friday, with a preview event for the community the day before.
• The school is best known locally for sports, so the lab marks a push on the academic side.

Outlook: If it works, expect other schools to copy the model and pitch it as a pipeline into skilled manufacturing jobs.