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Duval highlights CTE programs, honors principals and recognizes student leadership
Summary
At its Dec. 9 meeting, the Duval County School Board showcased career and technical education (CTE) achievements, accepted a $75,000 grant for the 5,000 Role Models project and honored principals and assistant principals of the year.
The Duval County School Board used part of its Dec. 9 agenda to highlight career and technical education (CTE) and to recognize district leaders and student success.
Chair Charlotte Joyce spotlighted the district’s CTE work, calling the inaugural Career Academy Showcase at EverBank Stadium "phenomenal" and noting the district currently enrolls 21,223 students in CTE programs across 68 career academies and about 400 course offerings. The chair said last year roughly 8,762 students earned certification through CTE programs.
District staff announced a $75,000 one-year grant from the Macquarie Group to support the 5,000 Role Models of Excellence project, which provides mentoring and leadership experiences for minority male youth. Kingston Chisholm, a student who attended the SAMHSA Youth Summit in Rockville, Maryland, described the experience and urged peers to act: "Don't just wait for change, be the change." The board and superintendent praised the program for mentoring and college-career pathways.
Principal Jessica Sales presented Normandy Village Elementary’s efforts to improve student achievement, noting concrete gains in third-grade reading proficiency (reported as an increase from 23% in 2022 to 40% last year) and described the school’s house system, PBIS work and community partnerships (including a Blue Zones initiative and a walking-school-bus pilot).
The board also recognized multiple assistant-principal and principal finalists and named Vincent Hall of William M. Raines High School Principal of the Year, citing improvements in school grade and graduation rate.
Board members and the superintendent said they intend to continue highlighting CTE clusters at future meetings so the community can better understand career pathways available to students.
