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Parents and committee push for earlier career and technical education exposure
Summary
A public commenter and committee members urged earlier and broader access to RISTA/Tech Explorer programs; administration noted 46% CRLS 9th-grade participation and described advisory-council work to expand access and partnerships with labor and community partners.
A parent who identified herself through the meeting registrar as Alex Bowers urged the committee to support Policy Order No. 225-70 to introduce pathway and exploratory career programming at middle-school levels.
"I just wanted to comment... I'm the mom of 2 sophomores at Sierra Lass, and I just want to comment in support of policy order number 225 to 70 about the — pathway exploration initiative," Alex Bowers said during public comment.
Members, including Vice Chair Hunter and others, echoed the call to expand exploratory exposure earlier in the pipeline so students can better access ninth-grade pathways. "They should have tech exploratory as 6th graders," the vice chair said, arguing that earlier exposure could boost later enrollment in CRLS pathways.
Superintendent Murphy told the committee that participation at CRLS is improving: "We have the percentage of 9th graders at CRLS that take our tech exploratory course ... is 46%." He and staff described ongoing work with the RISTA advisory council to grow partnerships with labor and the science community to expand access and seats.
The committee asked administration to explore structural changes to increase participation across grades and to report back on advisory-council recruitment and partnership plans.
