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Santa Fe ISD reports sharp CTE enrollment growth, welding-lab expansion after grants; board discusses bond and staffing
Summary
At the Dec. 16 Santa Fe ISD Board meeting, CTE coordinator Christy Click updated trustees on program growth, grants that funded welding equipment and booths, and ongoing constraints tied to space and staffing. Trustees discussed pursuing a bond and the limits of weighted funding.
Christy Click, Santa Fe ISD coordinator of Career and Technical Education, told the board Dec. 16 that CTE enrollment and certifications have grown and that recent grants are funding a welding-lab expansion.
Click said Santa Fe ISD offers 14 distinct CTE programs of study and that "every single one of them" has at least one career certification available. She reported that more than 90% of junior-high and high-school students are enrolled in a CTE course, and that CTE-linked funding measured by the district had increased "by about 27 points this school year." Click said that increase corresponds to higher weighted funding because upper-level (level 3 and 4) practicum courses bring in more funding per student.
The presentation included program scale: the high school offers 66 CTE courses, including 15 upper-level practicum and work-based learning courses; the junior high has six CTE courses (five full-time teachers and one…
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