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Manitowoc board spotlights student art and youth apprenticeships as district workforce pipeline

Manitowoc Public School District Board of Education · May 13, 2026
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The board recognized Youth Art Month and heard students describe the youth apprenticeship program, which reported about 190 participants, 83 local employers, roughly 138,000 hours worked and approximately $2.1 million earned this year.

The Manitowoc Public School District on Wednesday recognized Youth Art Month and spotlighted the district’s youth apprenticeship program, with students and teachers describing hands‑on training that they say connects classroom learning to local jobs.

Art teachers brought student pieces that the district purchased for display in the boardroom for a year before a permanent placement. Sandy Lieberge, an art teacher at Lincoln High School, thanked the board for continuing the tradition and said the program lets the…

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