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Students and instructors urge board to preserve and fund CTE programs
Summary
Students and instructors from Mount Diablo Unified told the board Jan. 21 that EMT and dental assistant programs change lives and said low instructor pay and limited class capacity threaten program continuity. The board heard multiple student presentations and unanimously approved a CTE Month resolution.
Mount Diablo Unified School District board members heard more than a dozen students and instructors on Jan. 21 who urged the board to protect and fund career and technical education (CTE) programs that prepare students for health‑care and allied careers.
Troy Hess, an EMT instructor at Mount Diablo Adult Education, described the program’s outcomes and called on the board to improve compensation to retain experienced staff. “We do tremendous things there,” Hess said, and added that many…
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