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Providence school CTE leaders tout new programs and high completer graduation rates
Summary
District CTE officials told the school board the program is expanding into AI, medical imaging and event production, projecting 1,761 students in CTE for 2026–27, a 528-person wait list and a CTE completer graduation rate near 92% — higher than the district average.
Ricardo Pimental, the district’s executive director of Career and Technical Education, laid out an aggressive expansion plan and performance update for Providence’s CTE system at the April 29 board meeting.
Pimental said the district will add production design and event experience at Hope High School and a data science and AI pathway at Mount Pleasant in fall 2026, and launch medical imaging at JC and a premedical pathway at Classical pending RIDE approval. “We’re adding programs that reflect emerging industries,” Pimental said.
The presentation included metrics the district uses to justify the expansion. Pimental told trustees that for 2026–27 the district projects about 1,761 CTE students (1,246 in grades 10–12 plus 515 ninth graders) and said 528…
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