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Dean Tech awarded $1.25 million state grant to expand CTE programs
Summary
Dean Technical High School announced a $1,250,000 state career and technical education expansion grant to modernize electrical and metal fabrication programs, add an early education and care program and expand apprenticeship and workforce training.
Dean Technical High School announced the school has been awarded $1,250,000 through the state’s career and technical education expansion grant initiative to modernize its electrical and metal fabrication programs and to develop a new early education and care program.
A Dean Tech presenter told the Holyoke School Committee the funding will support relocation and modernization of shop spaces, upgraded tools and equipment and add more seats for students in vocational programs. "This funding helps support the relocation and modernization of our electrical program and our metal fabric, fabrication program, as well as developing a new early education and care program at Dean Tech," the presenter said.
The presenter also highlighted student recognitions: Daniel Garcia, a senior in programming and web, was honored by the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents and earned a top math MCAS score; Ariel Suarez Baez was named Dean Technical High School’s outstanding vocational technical student of the year by the Massachusetts Association of Vocational Administrators. The presenter said Dean Tech is expanding partnerships with Holyoke Community College, launching a union apprenticeship training program related to the electrical shop, and offering evening adult training cohorts in clean energy construction and advanced manufacturing.
A ribbon-cutting with a representative from AllTraits was scheduled for the following Wednesday, and committee members were invited to attend. The presenter framed the grant as supporting both high school students and broader regional workforce development, saying the grant will help connect vocational education, apprenticeships and family-sustaining careers after graduation.
The announcement came during the committee’s May 11 meeting, which also handled routine approvals and several travel and personnel-related permissions. The district’s interim superintendent provided a brief year-end summary and noted graduation and end-of-year event dates across the three high school campuses.
The school committee did not vote on the grant award at the meeting; the presenter described planned uses and next steps for the funding and invited committee members to the ribbon-cutting.
