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Candidates back expanded vocational pathways and local trade connections to boost graduation routes

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Several candidates urged expansion of vocational and career‑tech pathways and stronger ties with local employers and BOCES to give students alternate career routes and improve graduation outcomes.

Candidates said the district should expand vocational offerings and create clearer pathways from middle school to trades and local employers.

Candidate Kimberly Talbot said she made creating “pathways to graduation through the trades” a board goal and has talked with local businesses and alumni to connect eighth and ninth graders to…

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