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Seminole schools to add agricultural biotech and fire academy after state grant; district retools teacher pathway
Summary
District leaders announced new CTE pathways: an agricultural biotechnology track at Oviedo High, a three-year fire academy at Winter Springs High backed by a $2.7 million state grant, and a reimagined teacher pathway in partnership with Seminole State College.
District leaders outlined multiple expansions to career and technical education that they said will increase student pathways into jobs and postsecondary study.
Dr. Garre Harold, district staff, told the board the industrial biotechnology program at Oviedo High School will be renamed "Roots to Research" and will add an agricultural biotechnology track for the 2025-26 school year. "Adding that agriculture aspect . . . is a piece of Seminole County that we don't currently have," he said, noting partnerships with Farm Bureau, FFA and UF Extension.
Harold also described a larger expansion at…
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