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TOLES reports rapid enrollment growth, workforce partnerships and state capital ask
Summary
TOLES, Madison County’s career-technical site, told commissioners enrollment has doubled in four years, nursing and manufacturing programs are expanding, and the school is pursuing state capital funds for a vertical search-and-rescue training facility.
TOLES, the career-technical school that serves Madison County and surrounding districts, told the Madison County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 3 that enrollment has doubled in the past four years and that program expansion is focused on meeting local workforce needs. "Nursing, far and away," the presenter said when asked which programs are seeing the most growth, noting TOLES is hiring additional instructors and expanding clinical partnerships.
The presenter described TOLES’ "2 by 2" model — two weeks on the jobsite and two weeks in class — and said the arrangement has produced direct pathways into local employers. The…
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