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Officials announce $8.5 million for career-connected learning, praise Monty Tech's MVP Academy partnership model
Summary
State education and workforce officials marked the opening of Monty Tech's MVP Academy and announced more than $8.5 million in Career Connected Learning Grants, additional capital funding for CTE expansion and a plumbing program grant for the new satellite campus.
Lieutenant Governor spoke at the opening of the Montachusett Vocational Partnership (MVP) Academy, announcing an investment of more than $8.5 million in the Career Connected Learning Grants program to expand career-technical opportunities for high school students.
The announcement came as Monty Tech Superintendent Tom Brown described the MVP Academy as a satellite campus created to relieve demand at Monty Tech and provide a template for municipal and state partnership in career-technical education. Brown said Monty Tech had faced "well over 800 applicants for approximately 350 available seats" in a freshman class before the satellite approach was adopted.
The grant funding is intended to expand hands-on learning and build connections between schools and local employers, state officials said. "We're investing over 8 and a half million dollars in our Career Connected Learning Grants program," the Lieutenant Governor said, adding the money…
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