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Aberdeen board hears ATEC update: 1,425 students, new welding robotics and expanded EMT training
Summary
ATEC leaders told the Aberdeen School District 06-1 board that enrollment in career and technical education remains strong, the center received new welding and robotic equipment via Perkins funding, and EMT/EMR students are doing ride-alongs and patient assessments as the program shifts toward hands-on training.
The Aberdeen School District 06-1 board on March 1 heard a report from the ATEC program that outlined steady student participation, recent equipment purchases and expansion of hands-on health-care training.
Mister Pudwill told the board “the numbers of students rotating through ATEC this year was about 1,425 students.” He said that figure was slightly lower than the prior year because expanded EMT/EMR courses reduced the number of freshman health sections that ATEC counts in its totals.
Pudwill described new equipment the center received through an innovative-equipment award that is part of the state-administered Perkins grant: “We received 19 new welders, 3 virtual welding kits, and 1 robotic welder,”…
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