Tomball ISD trustees hear multi-year CTE growth report; district eyes Warehouse 7 remodel, expanded internships

TOMBALL, Texas — Tomball ISD trustees on Wednesday received a multi-year progress and planning report on the district—s career and technical education (CTE) programs that outlined rapid program growth, rising student credentials and proposals to expand facilities and work-based learning.

Superintendent Martha Salazar Zarrow introduced the discussion and handed the presentation to Chief Academic Officer Dr. Michael Webb, who said the district now lists 27 CTE programs of study and has added 63 CTE courses since 2021, bringing the catalog to 128 courses. "We have 27 programs of study," Webb said, noting that roughly half the district—s CTE courses were added within the past five years.

Webb and district CTE staff emphasized student outcomes tied to the programs. Webb said academic achievement for students enrolled in CTE was higher than for students not enrolled in CTE, and he reported nearly 6,000 IVCs earned since 2021. The presentation also noted that about one in three Tomball graduates in the class cited during the briefing had earned a program completer designation plus an industry credential.

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