HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_0800 (2)Mr. Long referred to the Tech Prep course. Dr. Register said
that 2/3's of the students don't go to the universities. They have
had a community task force formed from the business and industrial
community working with the school people. The task force will
recommend to the board of education changes for both short-term and
long-term goals.
Dr. Norman Harris enumerated some of the courses taught, which
are: automotive repair, bricklaying, carpentry (they build a house
in a practical academic course and at the end of the year they sell
the house), applied physics, applied math, and electronics. Some
of the courses next year will be taught at Mitchell for all four
high schools, and the students get credit from Mitchell College and
from high school. Dr. Harris said they have a long way to go, but
this is where they are concentrating right now.
Dr. Register said they need to modernize what they are doing
in vocational education, because the job market is changing. The
task force is going to work in this area. They hope to have
apprenticeship programs.
They also have the health occupations courses and the business
courses, computer education, etc., Register said.
Godfrey Williams, a member of the board of education said the
industries do not expect the schools to be trained but they want
them to be exposed to the skills. They have a program now to help
kids make decisions about their life goals that goes into the
grammar schools.
Dr. Harris said they are working hard on the work ethic,
making sure the students have a good attitude toward work.
Knowledge is important but a good attitude is important also.
The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m. The next meeting is
scheduled for Monday, January 30, 1995, 6:30 p.m., Agricultural
Center Conference Rooms 1 & 2, to meet with the Statesville City
Council.
APPROVED
Clerk to the Board