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Butler Tech to Add About 500 Career-Tech Seats; Monroe students eligible to apply
Summary
Butler Tech officials told the Monroe Local School District board that three new expansion campuses and new program tracks will add roughly 500 seats for Butler County students beginning in January, and described program pathways, industry partnerships and local access for Monroe students.
Butler Tech representatives told the Monroe Local School District Board of Education on Oct. 27 that the career-technical system is opening three expansion campuses that together will add roughly 500 student seats to Butler County programs and that Monroe students will be eligible to apply.
Dr. William Sprankles, superintendent of Butler Tech, said the district will open a Bioscience Center, an Aviation Center and an Advanced Manufacturing Center beginning in January. "The Bioscience Center will create 200 more health care seats in Butler County," Sprankles said. He added that the Aviation Center will grow to about 200 students and the advanced manufacturing center will add about 100 seats.
The new campuses will phase students in over multiple years, Sprankles said: "Each year, they'll be taking 50 more students until they get to…
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