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JPS recommends CTE program changes for 2025–26; requests barbering and cosmetology at Career Development Center
Summary
Dr. Cook recommended the board review proposed Career and Technical Education program changes for 2025–26 that would add computer‑science and engineering at Callaway and Murrah, barbering and cosmetology at the Career Development Center, and convert a fire‑science slot into a welding unit.
Dr. Cook presented recommended Career and Technical Education (CTE) program changes for fiscal year 2025–26 and asked the board to review the memorandum of understanding required by the Mississippi Department of Education. The administrative proposal would add new programming aligned to local labor‑market demand and reestablish barbering and cosmetology programs at the Career Development Center (CDC).
Key proposals cited by Dr. Cook include: adding computer‑science and engineering coursework at Callaway High School and Murrah High School (and a CDC‑based unit for Henley Young Patton scholars); adding barbering and cosmetology at the Career Development Center; and converting one existing fire‑science section into a welding…
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