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Highlands superintendent outlines CTE expansion, program upgrades and enrollment gains
Summary
Brenda Longshore, superintendent of Highlands County Schools, highlighted expansions in career and technical education—including aviation, welding and health science programs—and cited more than 4,000 students enrolled in CTE courses and over 900 industry certifications last year.
Brenda Longshore, superintendent of Highlands County Schools, used a superintendent update to highlight expansions and investments in the district’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs and to mark February as CTE Month in Florida. "This is a special time to recognize the importance of CTE programs in preparing students for high skill, high wage careers," Longshore said.
Longshore said Highlands County Schools currently offer more than 35 CTE courses across multiple career clusters, beginning in middle school and continuing through high school, and emphasized that the programs combine classroom…
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