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Mountain View High highlights CTE pathways; stage‑tech enrollment jumps after course change
Summary
Mountain View High School presented its career- and college-readiness pathways, reporting growth in stage-technology enrollment after removing a theater prerequisite and citing industry-level equipment investments and inclusivity for English learners and students with disabilities.
Principal Jose Raulston Banas and Mountain View teacher Scott Bier presented the school’s Career Technical Education (CTE) programs, emphasizing professional theater and stage-technology as pathways that build leadership, collaboration and career skills.
Banas outlined CTE offerings (film and video/VISTA, stage technology/professional theater, financial services, culinary arts, and child development/TPA) and gave enrollment figures for the 2025–26 year: "62 students" in intermediate stage tech, "33" in intermediate theater, and a combined advanced tech/theater cohort. He also said the intermediate stage-tech cohort includes 15 English learners and 10 students with disabilities.
Teacher Scott Bier explained a curricular change that removed a beginning-theater prerequisite for stage-tech and said the change dramatically increased enrollment: "Once we got rid of that component, our numbers tripled in one year." He also noted a recent CTE equipment purchase — an $18,000 lightboard — and alumni who are pursuing theater and technical careers after Mountain View.
During trustee Q&A, board members asked about restoring an engineering pathway and about staffing and credentialing for specialized courses; staff said they are exploring hiring credentialed instructors and continuing partnerships with community colleges and industry partners.
