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The Copper County Immediate School District held a meeting to discuss the Career Technical Education Millage proposal with the public, who will vote on the matter August 8th.
Career Technical Education, or CTE, programs expose students to a number of different technical fields while still in high school.
CCISD Superintendent George Stockero said the district already has several CTE programs in place, but the cost to keep students in the programs can be expensive.
“Unfortunately, the schools can’t afford to send every student who wants to take these classes and what we are afraid of is, if we don’t have a millage, these classes will go away because the tuition is too costly for our local schools,” said Copper Country Intermediate School District Superintendent George Stockero.
The millage will not only help with tuition costs, but it will allow the district to offer more programs to benefit more students.
Kathy Flagstadt, a community member who is in support of the millage, said this is an opportunity the community cannot pass up.
“It will provide our high school students with career opportunities that they may not have already been able to pursue. It give them hands-on experience to high-demand and high-skilled jobs that they can make a decent wage and still live in the U.P. and it can also be the building block for another career after that,” said Kathy Flagstadt, a community member who is in support of the millage.
The board will also host another public presentation on Tuesday, July 25th at 6:30 p.m. at L’Anse High School.
