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Machine-tool instructor contests recommended reduction in force at Mercer County Schools hearing
Summary
At an April 13 hearing, machine-tool teacher Mr Lively argued the Technical Education Center’s machine-tool program should be preserved, citing aging equipment, low recruitment and local job demand; administration said cuts are driven by sustained low enrollment and budget constraints.
The Mercer County Board of Education held an employee hearing April 13 after the superintendent recommended a reduction in force affecting the machine‑tool teacher at the Technical Education Center.
Mr Lively, the affected instructor, told the board he currently has “7 working machines right now” and said he is struggling to keep students engaged because equipment is old and scarce. “I haven't had a new piece of equipment since 2020,” he said, adding that he has been forced to double students on single machines and that…
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