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Students, parents and teachers urge Highlands board not to dismantle Highlands Career Institute
Summary
Dozens of students, alumni, parents and teachers told the Highlands County School Board that proposed changes to Highlands Career Institute's delivery model and district transportation would remove access to vocational training for many students and urged the district to preserve on-site instruction and buses.
Scores of students, alumni, parents and teachers testified at a Highlands County School Board workshop against proposals that would shift Highlands Career Institute's high-school core courses back to students' home campuses and remove district transportation to the college campus.
Speakers described HCI as a small-campus, hands-on vocational program that provides industry certifications, college credits and transportation that many low-income students rely on. Students and alumni credited HCI teachers…
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