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Suffield expands hands‑on construction pathway with Home Builders Institute for 8th graders
Summary
Suffield School District reported its first-year Home Builders Institute served 21 students in grade 8, funded by grants and donations, and emphasized hands‑on projects and employability skills; participating students described building a stool, shed and picnic tables and said the class helped them consider careers in the trades.
Rebecca Osleger, the district’s director of technology, told the Suffield Board of Education on May 19 that the Home Builders Institute (HBI) completed its first year with 21 students and was funded by grants and donations. The program, unique in the state for beginning in eighth grade rather than ninth, focuses on tool…
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