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DeSoto County Schools reports growth in CTE applications and expands career-exploration programs
Summary
Director of Workforce Development Beth Turner updated the board on career and technical education (CTE) recruitment, program participation, industry partnerships and K–12 career-exploration activities; the district reported roughly 1,660 CTE applications and new hands-on programming at elementary and middle schools.
Beth Turner, Director of Workforce Development for the DeSoto County School District, told the board the district received a little over 1,660 applications for CTE (career and technical education) programs for the 2025–26 school year and expects more than 630 new Year 1 students. Turner said total Year 1 and Year 2 enrollment will be “a little over a thousand.”
Turner described recruitment practices — student services, CTE counselors, student ambassadors, campus tours, pop-up sessions and demonstrations — and highlighted hands-on learning…
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