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Carroll County Career & Tech launches tiny-home practicum to train construction students

Board of Carroll County Commissioners · April 24, 2026
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Carroll County Career & Tech staff and the Maryland Building Officials Association unveiled a tiny-home practicum meant to give students hands-on experience with builders, inspectors and regulators; the board and local partners pledged support and a commemorative set of plans was presented to commissioners.

John Mershing, instructor in the Carroll County Career & Tech carpentry program, told the Board of Carroll County Commissioners on Thursday that the school has started a tiny-home practicum to give students real-world construction experience working with contractors, inspectors and government officials.

"We should have a practicum project where we bring all the areas together, where they have…

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