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County, school district and sheriff honored with NACO award for public-safety career pipeline
Summary
Okeechobee County, the Education Foundation, the school district and Sheriff’s Office were recognized with a 2025 NACO Achievement Award for a coordinated public-safety career pipeline that includes state-certified fire CTE, 911 dispatch CTE, and cadet programs.
Okeechobee County and partner organizations received a 2025 National Association of Counties (NACo) Achievement Award for a local program designed to build a pipeline into public-safety careers.
County officials, school and sheriff’s office representatives told the board the program — titled "Okeechobee County Launching High School Heroes into Public Safety Careers" — coordinates a state-certified fire CTE…
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