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Poudre School District board unanimously adopts resolution recognizing Career and Technical Education Month
Summary
The board voted 6–0 to approve a resolution recognizing Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month after presentations from CTE staff, teachers and students who described new pathways and student outcomes at the district Career Tech Center.
The Poudre School District R-1 Board of Education on Jan. 28 unanimously approved a resolution recognizing Career and Technical Education Month after hearing teachers and students describe new programs at the Career Tech Center.
Kelsey Berger, the district’s career and technical education coordinator, told the board she oversees 15 CTE pathways across PSD and highlighted two new programs at the Career Tech Center: automotive technology and medical assisting. “These programs launch with overwhelming interest and already have wait lists,” Berger said.
Automotive instructor Jeremy Miller described the Career Tech Center as a place where students from every high school in the district “from all walks of life” work together, develop technical literacy and graduate with more options. “We have kids from at-risk of graduating to 4.0s, but they are sitting together and working together,” Miller said.
Kyler Savageaux, a junior from Fort Collins High School who took the automotive pathway, said the class prepared him to take an ASE certification test and to pursue an internship. “I thought it was challenging but doable,” he said. “It really pushed us to figure stuff out and be able to think critically.”
Nicole West, who teaches the medical assistant pathway, said the first cohort includes 18 students from six schools and can produce two different certificates: a Medical Office Administrative Assistant certificate after one semester and a medical assistant certificate after three semesters plus a Front Range Community College clinical experience. West noted that students who complete the program can enter local healthcare roles or use the coursework to strengthen college applications.
The board voted in favor of the resolution by roll call: Jim Brokish (Aye), Kristen Draper (Aye), Connor Duffy (Aye), Kevin Havelda (Aye), Scott Schoenbauer (Aye) and Jessica Zamora (Aye). The resolution passed 6–0. Board members praised teachers and students for embodying the district’s strategic priority of “graduating with options.” A group photo followed the vote.
Why this matters: board members said CTE pathways support student engagement, on-time graduation and workforce readiness — outcomes the district cited as central to the programs’ purpose.
No enrollment or funding commitments were made during the resolution discussion; presenters and board members described program demand, structure and early outcomes.
