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Callaway senior urges earlier access to CTE; board members and staff discuss expanding Career and Technical Education
Summary
Student board member Megan Wallace proposed allowing academically advanced freshmen to enroll in Career and Technical Education and Career Development Center pathways so students can become "double CTE completers." Trustees and staff praised the data and discussed capacity and sequencing concerns.
Megan Wallace, a senior at Callaway High School serving as the student board member, presented a proposal to expand Career and Technical Education (CTE) access for academically advanced freshmen so more students can become double CTE completers.
Wallace told the board that enrolling academically advanced students in CTE during ninth and tenth grades, with additional advanced CTE coursework in 11th and 12th grades, would allow students to graduate with deeper career skills and potentially the ability to start small businesses. She described a double‑completer path as taking business‑oriented CTE in ninth and tenth…
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