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Capital School District tells council it has worked with Dover Fire Department on recruitment and launched emergency-services CTE pathway
Summary
School board vice president Sean Christiansen described multi-year partnerships between the Capital School District and the Dover Fire Department, defended the district against remarks made May 21, and outlined a new three-year CTE emergency services program launched in fall 2024 intended to prepare students for EMT/fire careers.
Sean Christiansen, vice president of the Capital School District Board of Education, told the Dover City Council the district has for years invited the Dover Fire Department into schools for outreach, coordinated virtual and in-person fire-prevention programming during the COVID-19 pandemic and has worked with regional training partners to expand recruitment and career pathways.
Christiansen said the district maintains 13 school buildings, employs about 1,200 staff, serves over 6,500 students and operates on an annual budget "just over $160,000,000," funded by federal, state and local sources. He described multiple joint activities with the Dover Fire Department: donated personal protective supplies during the pandemic, a virtual fire-prevention video sent to thousands of students,…
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