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U-46 students, instructor urge controlled pilot to restore live-vehicle work in automotive program
Summary
Multiple Bartlett and Streamwood High students and an educator told the School District U-46 board Jan. 12 that the district’s automotive programs are limited by a prohibition on working on live student and staff vehicles and urged a supervised pilot with waivers and controls to restore hands‑on learning.
Several students and an educator urged the School District U-46 Board of Education on Jan. 12 to allow supervised work on live student and staff vehicles in district automotive programs, saying practice on “real-world” cars is essential to workforce readiness.
Nico Esposto, a junior at Bartlett High School in the district’s Automotive Technology program, told the board the shop “cannot be used to its full potential due to the current restrictions on working on student and teacher vehicles,” and that working on unpredictable, everyday cars is necessary to “fully…
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