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Candidate says academics and CTE should ‘go hand in hand,’ highlights carpentry program and CTED partnership
Summary
Brett Dahl told the Humboldt Unified town-hall that the district’s academic and career-and-technical-education offerings should complement each other, citing an expanded AP program, early college academy, dual enrollment and a new carpentry program.
At the Humboldt Unified town-hall, interim superintendent candidate Brett Dahl said the district should offer multiple pathways — academic, dual-enrollment and career-technical — and that the programs should complement one another.
Dahl said the district provides more AP courses than previously and has an early college academy and dual-enrollment opportunities. He highlighted a new carpentry program at the high school and a partnership with CTED that includes satellite CTE programs on campus.
“Who are we to decide that the only track is a four-year school, or the only track is a CTE school,” Dahl said. “Our goal is to open as many doors as absolutely possible for kids.” He added that CTE programs also reinforce academic skills by providing hands-on applications, citing measurement and applied math in carpentry as examples.
Dahl said the district is exploring opportunities to grow CTE at middle-school levels and said such programs can make learning engaging and increase district competitiveness in retaining and attracting students.
No program expansions were formally approved during the town-hall.
