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Board approves district contracts; staff explains Paxton Patterson labs and Pathful career platform
Summary
Wilson County School leaders approved amended district contracts and discussed two career education vendors: Paxton Patterson career labs (campus‑specific, grant funded) and a reduced‑cost Pathful platform (three‑year contract with two years covered by MTSU), with staff confirming teacher-supervised virtual job‑shadow sessions and campus funding restrictions.
The Wilson County Board of Education approved district contracts at its June 18 meeting after staff described the differences between Paxton Patterson career exploration labs and the Pathful career‑aptitude platform.
District staff explained that Paxton Patterson lab installations were funded through the Innovative School Models Grant and must be spent on the campus that received the grant, so labs are implemented per school rather than via a single district contract. "By the rules of the grant, I have to show that those dollars were spent at that campus," staff said. That constraint explained differences in scope and module counts across campuses.
On Pathful, staff described a negotiated three‑year contract and a partnership with Middle Tennessee State University that covers two years of the platform, reducing the district cost. Staff said teachers must book and supervise Pathful sessions and that there will be no unsupervised, one‑on‑one employer sessions with students. The board approved the district contracts by unanimous vote, 6‑0.
