Proposed New STEM Educational Facility to be Operated by Consortium

Material on Fay Penn Economic Development's Strategic Plan site, Fayette Forward, indicates the new (Vo-Tech) STEM Education Center will be managed by a consortium.

Also material indicates the new complex will be backed by the full faith and credit of the local participating school districts.

(e) Establish a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Center for Fayette County.

● Operated as a consortium not directed by one school district or post-secondary school

● Utilizing resources available locally as well as the Intermediate Unit, ASSET, PA Department of Education, PA STEM Initiatives, etc.

http://www.fayetteforward.org/?page_id=118

Career Technical Training

• Every student in the county must have the opportunity to be trained in a modem career technical school delivering cutting edge training matched to employer needs.

• Most jobs today will require skills that are attainable at public secondary career technical schools.

• Career Technical Schools are a needed investment to ensure a skilled workforce for Fayette County.

• Potential jobs in Fayette County have gone unfilled because employers could not find people with needed skill sets

http://www.fayetteforward.org/?page_id=118

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Focus on Issue

Not Enough Said @ This will track the ongoing effort to change a jointly taxpayers'-funded area high-school vocational-technical school into something other than a 4-year adjunct to academic skill building. The new approach includes using local property tax monies for the education and training of post secondary students and further investigation is needed to determine exactly what the (formerly named Fayette County Area Vocational-Technical School) Fayette County Area Career and Technical Institute (new name) Innovation and Workforce Development Center's Mission Statement really means