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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The solution for Lewis is this: allow academically inclined/college prep students to transfer to other schools and make Lewis a Vocational/Technical high school for students who want to learn building trades like HVAC, become an electrician or stone mason, or an auto mechanic, or heavy equipment operator. Those are well paying skills that are truly needed and would change the lives of students and their families by providing marketable skills. That’s what the vast majority of Lewis students need most! [/quote]

A full VoTech school or two would be awesome and greatly needed. Don't make it an academy but a flat out VoTech school that students can apply to attend. Put the core classes for graduation at the school with the VoTech classes, I bet it would take off and full up fast.[/quote]

I think a full VoTech high school would be much in demand, and far better than the scattered academy approach. My DS would have loved to take some Academy classes, but it would have required space in his school schedule that he just didn’t have, and the bus ride back and forth to the base school would have been a pain. I think there are many students who would greatly benefit from a VoTech focused education, but they are forced into the traditional FCPS “college or bust” mindset and made to feel like the only goal that matters is college. Meanwhile, employers are begging for workers who have trade skills and HS graduates can make good money rather than go into debt for college programs that they really don’t want or aren’t suited for.

It’s time that FCPS pays attention to who it’s students are and what they need to be successful and make a living. College (and often its associated debt) is not for everyone.[/quote]

I agree 100%[/quote]

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