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District outlines multi‑year plan to create eight career academies for high school students
Summary
The district's director of career and community partnerships proposed an eight‑academy model for grades 10–12, phased across several years with a planned grade‑9 transition in 2027–28. The plan emphasizes employer partnerships, industry credentials and work‑based learning but raises facility, transportation and staffing questions.
The Chambersburg Area School District presented a multi‑year plan Nov. 18 to create career academies intended to link high‑school academics with industry credentials and employer partnerships.
Bridal Aker, the district’s director of career and community partnerships, told the board the administration’s recommendation is to develop eight academies for grades 10–12—four academies at the Career Magnet School and four at the comprehensive high school. Aker said the model would be year‑round and designed from county labor demand and data that project sustained…
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