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Career center posts near-80% placement rate; students earn industry credentials and state awards
Summary
At the board meeting, Career Center leader Mister Rudy reported 2024 post-secondary placement near 78%, 328 industry-recognized credentials and more than 14,000 work-based learning hours; staff highlighted SkillsUSA state and national results and noted gaps in nontraditional program participation.
Mister Rudy, speaking at the EXCELSIOR SPRINGS 40 school board meeting, reported that follow-up data for students who graduated in February 2024 showed the career center’s positive placement rate was near the district target: roughly 78 percent of concentrators continued in education, entered the workforce in their field or joined the military.
Rationale for the figure and why it matters: the career center measures ‘‘positive placements’’ as a primary performance indicator tied to Perkins federal reporting and local program success. Rudy told the board the center aims for an 80 percent placement rate so graduates are prepared either to work in their trained fields or…
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