District outlines CTE workforce plan, AI pilot and new stackable credential framework

May 19, 2026

CTE director Karen Gilbert and colleagues told the board the district will expand career pathways, scale stackable credentials and pilot AI instruction at Bluffton High; Gilbert said CTE completers graduate on time at rates above 95 percent.

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Karen Gilbert, the district's career and technical education director, presented May 19 on CTE programming, workforce alignment and an AI pilot currently running at Bluffton High School. Gilbert said the district is preparing for the state's new pathways framework and a tiered, stackable credential system that will come into fuller effect over the next school year.

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