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Beloit district to consider Project Lead The Way middle‑school computer science elective

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CTE director Jeff Stenner presented a proposed Project Lead The Way middle‑school course, Computer Science for Innovators and Makers, designed as a hands‑on pre‑engineering/computer‑science exposure course that leads to high‑school pathways in robotics and CNC; course will return next month for formal board consideration.

Jeff Stenner, director of career and technical education and alternative education, presented a new middle‑school course proposal to the School District of Beloit Board of Education on Feb. 18: Computer Science for Innovators and Makers, a Project Lead The Way (PLTW) offering intended for seventh and eighth graders.

Stenner said the course is a project‑based introduction to microcontrollers, coding for physical devices and problem solving and is designed to feed into the district’s…

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