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Director urges review of VoTech charter; board to discuss opening charter to change entry point and expand capacity
Summary
Director Harlacher recommended pursuing changes to the county VoTech charter to allow later entry (junior/senior year), create part-time/dual-enrollment pathways, and expand capacity; the board scheduled conversations with VoTech leadership and the district solicitor to explore charter amendments and operational options.
Director Harlacher told the board she attended a regional meeting where Lehigh representative Kurt Adam summarized how tech schools deliver programming and described structural limits at the county vocational-technical (VoTech) school. Harlacher said the current entry point — essentially selection in eighth grade — creates a constrained "closed tube" that accepts about 425 students while roughly 1,000 applicants go unmet each year. "We ask eighth graders, what do you wanna do for the rest of your life?" Harlacher said. "If you think you…
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