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Marshall schools to pilot building-trades CTE at Opportunity High School next year

Marshall Public Schools Board of Education · December 16, 2024
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District staff outlined a new two-year building-trades career and technical education program at Opportunity High School, including apprenticeship 'walls' with QR codes, union partnerships, stackable credentials, and a 0.49 FTE funding plan to keep local funding in-district.

Marshall Public Schools staff presented plans to launch a building-trades career-and-technical education (CTE) pathway at the Opportunity High School starting next school year, aiming to give students hands-on experience and direct pathways into apprenticeships and union jobs.

"There's a serious lack of construction trades training at the secondary level, really everywhere," Ben Wallace said in describing the…

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