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USD 383 hears CTE update: new state pathway model, added visual arts and greenhouse classes
Summary
District CTE coordinator reported state-level pathway changes will reshape Career and Technical Education offerings at Manhattan High School and across USD 383, including adding visual-arts coursework, applied graphic design and increased greenhouse instruction; staff cited staffing and funding as ongoing constraints.
Crystal Warren, the district’s career and technical education coordinator, gave the board a detailed progress report on CTE programs and state-level changes that will affect course offerings for the 2025–26 school year.
Warren told the board USD 383 currently employs 15 CTE teachers and outlined a new national/state model finalized in November that reduces career clusters from 16 to 14 and organizes 72 subclusters. “We have 15 CTE teachers now,” Warren said. She described how the new model filters down through the state and local course-approval process and noted a February–March calendar for applications and approvals: “They have to be due…March first,” she said.
Why it matters: the cluster reorganization affects which classes count as pathway concentrator and completer courses, influences funding eligibility, and drives local decisions about which classes to run. Warren said the district is pursuing new pathways and course changes that would expand options for students while…
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