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Bemidji High School highlights Career and Technical Education, points to employer partnerships and high graduation rates
Summary
Teachers and industry partners presented the high school’s CTE offerings to the ISD 31 school board, describing updated equipment, articulated credits with Northwest Technical College and student outcomes including a cited 92% graduation rate for students in CTE classes.
Bemidji Public Schools presented a spotlight on career and technical education (CTE) at the ISD 31 school board meeting Monday, emphasizing hands-on training, local employer partnerships and pathways to employment.
The presentation was led by Tony Holmes, a career and technical education teacher who said Bemidji’s CTE program has built a house every year since 1994 and works with postsecondary partners for plumbing, heating and electrical instruction. “We build a house every year,” Holmes told the board, adding that graduates from the program are returning to the community as employees and taxpayers.
Holmes walked the board through the program’s history and national context, citing the Smith-Hughes Act of 1917 and later federal and state revisions that, he said, have…
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