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Committee weighs Wayne Pike CTC membership offer as alternative to MCTI; financial, transportation and timing concerns dominate
Summary
The committee discussed a proposal to join the planned Wayne Pike Career & Technical Center, which would require a multimillion‑dollar up‑front commitment and recurring costs; members cited budget deficits, bond capacity and transportation impacts as major concerns.
The EPR committee spent the largest portion of the Nov. 6 meeting discussing a proposal to join the planned Wayne Pike Career & Technical Center (CTC), which would offer career programs not currently available to some district students.
Staff presented local enrollment data at MCTI (the Monroe County technical institute), including students on wait lists; staff said MCTI has roughly 286 East Stroudsburg students currently enrolled and a substantive wait list across county districts. The Wayne Pike proposal would create a local CTC for Pike and Wayne counties and offer programs such as aviation and other trades that…
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