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Wood River High principal seeks sponsors for VR lab and heavy‑equipment simulators for CTE program
Summary
Principal Jay Graf outlined a plan to build a VR lab and purchase heavy‑equipment and CDL simulators for Wood River High’s CTE pathways, seeking business sponsorships to cover initial capital costs estimated in the six‑figure range and citing Perkins and state CTE funding as potential supplements.
Jay Graf, Wood River High School principal, presented an information‑agenda proposal on April 8 to create a virtual reality lab and add heavy‑equipment and commercial driver’s license (CDL) simulators to expand Career and Technical Education (CTE) offerings.
Graf said the district has already secured grant money to purchase a classroom set of about 20 VR headsets and that the proposal for simulators would supplement those headsets with larger simulator stations for excavation, loading and other heavy‑equipment operations. Graf said the VR lab could also expand…
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