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Board weighs CTE expansion to high-school campus; millage rules limit use for buildings
Summary
Board and staff discussed moving career and technical education (CTE) programs onto the high-school campus to gain instructional efficiencies and shared simulators, but staff noted ISD CTE millage rules prohibit spending on brick-and-mortar, so bonds would fund facilities while CTE funds cover equipment and instructors.
Board members and staff discussed plans to relocate CTE programs (culinary, building trades, alignment) to the high-school campus, saying the change could increase usable instructional minutes, centralize specialized equipment and simulators, and allow more community-serving events tied to culinary or service learning.
Staff cautioned that ISD CTE millage language historically "cannot go for brick and mortar," so facility costs would require local funding. As Presenter (S3) explained, equipment and instructor costs can be blended between CTE dollars and local bond funds, but the district must cover the buildings themselves. Staff also described curriculum implications — how prefabrication and indoor labs could improve safety and practice time — and cited placement and enrollment metrics (an alignment program ~50% placement rate; culinary ~80 students) as context for the proposed campus consolidation.
