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District outlines five-year plan to expand career and technical education and reduce wait lists

Special School District, St. Louis County Board of Education · October 15, 2025
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Summary

Kevin Nader, chief of career and technical education operations, presented a five-year vision to increase CTE enrollment through capacity changes, curriculum 'on-ramps/off-ramps', one‑year connected programs and pre-apprenticeship pilots while noting space, staffing and start-up costs as constraints.

Kevin Nader, the district’s chief of career and technical education operations, opened a work‑study presentation describing current CTE operations and a five‑year strategy to serve more students across North Tech, South Tech and the district’s adult-education offerings.

Nader said the district uses an area career center model to centralize specialized programs for students from sending schools and highlighted capacity and wait-list data (handouts covering 2022–2025). He told the board both North Tech and South Tech have roughly the same full capacity — about 900 to 915 students per…

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