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CTE update: district highlights credentials, equipment acquisitions and plans to renew two‑year grant
Summary
Carey Putnam presented the CLNA for Career Technical Education, noting high credential attainment (89.29%), new equipment for agriculture and FFA programs, growth in business partnerships and internships, and plans to seek a two‑year CTE grant renewal with board signatures next month.
The board received a Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment (CLNA) update for Career Technical Education (CTE) and recognition for a student milestone April 20.
Carey Putnam reviewed CTE pathways in the district — including architecture/construction, Adobe/IT, health sciences, welding and culinary — and said credential attainment is a district strength. He reported an 89.29% credential attainment rate for CTE and noted expanded business partnerships and internships, which he said have grown by roughly 225%. Putnam highlighted recent equipment acquisitions: a new New Holland hay baler and a tractor at Rosman High, and upgrades to several pieces of agricultural and vocational equipment used in hands‑on instruction.
Superintendent Dr. Fletcher and the board recognized Brevard High student Presley Robinson as the first Transylvania County Schools dual‑enrollment student to graduate with an Early Childhood Certificate through Blue Ridge Community College; Robinson told the board the classes cost her nothing.
Putnam said he would return next month to request the chair’s signatures to move forward with the two‑year grant cycle for CTE. Board members asked clarifying questions about credentialing for middle‑school students and how entrepreneurship threads into agricultural and technical pathways; Putnam explained that some credentials begin as baseline tiers in middle school with higher‑level credentials in high school and that entrepreneurship is integrated through internships and partnership opportunities.
The board did not take immediate formal action but signaled support for continuing the grant renewal process and for investment in equipment that supports credentialing and internships.
