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District adopts YouScience career‑aptitude tool with three‑year grant funding
Summary
Administrators described YouScience, a computerized aptitude and interest inventory, and told trustees the district’s three‑year subscription is covered by grant funding from the governor’s initiative; the board also approved a temporary Sheridan High School bell schedule change to accommodate use of the tool.
Sheridan County School District #2 trustees received a presentation on YouScience, a career‑aptitude and interest inventory that combines skill assessments and interest surveys to help students explore pathways, and learned the district has secured a three‑year subscription through state grant funding associated with the governor’s workforce initiative.
District staff explained YouScience uses timed “brain games” and interest inventories to match students’ aptitudes with career clusters; staff emphasized the tool pairs aptitude (which is relatively stable) with interests and that results are intended to guide student…
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