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Lividoti says he even agrees with some of the audit's findings. For example, graduation requirements at CRLS mean students taking vo-tech classes can only spend one period a day learning their trade. The state requires that students take at least two hours of technical instruction each...
...says she still sees a place for vo-tech at the high school and is "committed" to bringing programs in hotel management, biotechnology and information technology...
...problems facing vo-tech is the broad appeal of its offerings but the limited number of students who actually want to learn a trade...
...hand, vo-tech teachers say this makes their courses important for all students...
Lividoti says the current system isn't ideal but has one major advantage: It means vo-tech courses attract many students. The vo-tech department can boast that more than half of CRLS' students take its courses, even though few of them are there to learn a trade for career purposes...