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Long awaited Adair vocational schools soon to be reality Two programs, both in final funding stages, are coming through KCTCS: 1) Welding including MIG and TIG, and 2) Health Careers Center. 'I've been hearing one question since 1977: Why doesn't Adair County have a vocational school? Well, we're now getting one - the closest thing we may ever get to having a technical center on campus with this satellite campus of Lake Cumberland Area Technology Center,' Supt. Alan W. Reed says in making the announcement. Click on headline for complete story with photo(s) By Ed Waggener Superintendent Alan W. Reed met Thursday, November 7, 2013, with members of Adair County's Work Ready Community group to announce more details of the Adair County AT/Career Readiness Center Addition to Adair County High School. He told them the addition is the first major payoff, in part, for the excellent groundwork the group did with their successful application gaining a "Work Ready in Progress" designation. The Work Ready Community group present included Jim Hadley, who is also chair of the Columbia/Adair Economic Development Authority (CACEDA), Mayor Mark D. Harris (ex officio CACEDA member), Anthony Janes (CACEDA member, Doug McCammish (CACEDA member), and Ron Heath, who chaired the model "Soft Skills/Work Ready Committee. Satellite Campus Addition building will cost $672,000; total for project $1,123, 024 A building addition, added on to the Agriculture Building behind Adair County High School, will be a satellite campus of Lake Cumberland Area Technology Center, and the Principal of that center in Russell Springs, Jeff Adams, will be the principal of the Adair County Center. The new addition will cost $672,000; modern TIG and MIG welding equipment, and modern metal fabrication equipment has a $298,024 allocation. Other items, including supplies, survey, Bond Discount, Fiscal Agent Fee, Teacher/Salary Benefits, and LCADD administrative fee, will be an outlay of $1,123,024. Funding will come from a Community Development Block Grant through City of Columbia/Adair County Fiscal Court Joint Application of $500,000; $298,024 from the Appalachian Regional Commission, and $325,000 from the Adair County School District. "We intend to offer the two top programs through KCTCS which are: (a.) Welding and (b.) Health Careers, Superintendent Reed said. "We expect nearly 400 students to be served in the two programs. The grants total around $750,000 from a community block grant and an ARC grant, with the local commitment of around $300,000 (paid for entirely through restricted capital outlay funds). State certified instructors will be provided through KCTCS and will benefit not only students, but the community work force in general. "I will we asking the board of education for permission to move forward at a called meeting on November 14, 2013. It's the closest thing to a full-fledged vocational school in Adair County that we are ever likely to get. The proposal calls for expanding the shop area at ACHS to accommodate and for two state-cerified technical instructors to be paid for by the Office of Career and Technical Education. I expect there will be an incredible outpouring of support from the community and will keep you posted as we continue to pursue the new programs. One or both programs are likely to be available by August of next year." The announcement was enthusiastically embraced by the Work Ready members, two of whom are manufacturers - Jim Hadley of Majestic Yachts; and Anthony Janes of Fabco, Inc; both need trained welders in their businesses. Superintendent Reed said that the welding program expands opportunities for FFA students, but also adds opportunities for other students as well. "We were really surprised at the number of Adair County High School students who are interested in taking welding classes," he said. "One surprise was the interest from the Adair County High School art department," he said. "Debra Wimmer wanted to know if her art students could be a part. She said that art work utilizing metals - such as the Raider Bob piece by Cassie and Todd Davenport at Blue Raider Stadium - require welding skills. And yes, the new program will be available to them." Future plans call for adult welding courses for members of the community. Perhaps the biggest beneficiary of the welding center will be the FFA program, which already boasts some alumnae who have distinguished themselves in the field. Jan Royse, told the group of an experience that her daughter, Katie Royse, a senior at Western Kentucky University had recently on a welding test. "The instructor looked at her work and asked, 'Who did this for you, young lady?' At first, it seemed that the instructor couldn't believe she did her own work until a male student told the instructor she had watched her make the weld," Royse said. "But in the end, Katie was the only one who got 100% on the welding test." Royse gave credit for her daughter's success to the instruction she had received through the school's FFA program. Anthony Janes, CEO of a rising local industry, FABCO, and who employees welders at the plant, said that the new satellite campus will be producting more than welders. "They will be teaching fabrication, too, and that's the kind of employee we need." Jim Hadley, CEO of Majestic Yachts, saw a new source of trained employees coming through the tech center who could help his business as well. Plans are for both programs to be open in August of 2014 Superintedent Reed and Principal Jeff Adams both expressed belief that the welding program and the building would be in place to accommodate students in August 2014. Both were confident that the paperwork completed in time for the construction project to be let and the new addition would be built, additional faculty members would be hired to staff the programs, by August of 2014. The Health Careers vocational school will not need additional facilities. "Two rooms in the existing Adair County High School will be used for that program," Superintendent Reed said. "One will be used for classroom instruction, the other will provide a clinical setting." Special Thanks to these folks from Superintendent Reed: > "Adair County "Work Ready Community" taskforce members for the initial push, Lake Cumberland Area Development District (Darryl McGaha, Judy Keltner) for technical assistance in writing the ARC grant for the welding and fabricating equipment and for help in pulling together all the elements for the CDBG (Community Block Grant), city and county governments, our local board of education, Jeff Adams at the Lake Cumberland Area Technology Center, and Kentucky Department of Education's Office of Career and Technical Education (Dr. Dale Winkler).Stressful but exciting times. "These are stressful times, yet exciting times," Superintendent Reed said. " We find ourselves at a crossroads with a rare opportunity to re-think what we've been doing and where we want and need to go as schools and district. We have are very rare window of opportunity to re-set the very tone of our school district for the future. "Have no doubts---we are a school district on a mission for excellence! "Thanks, yet again, for all that you are doing to leverage this district forward and for sharing your innovative ideas among your teams and with your principals and our central office staff. Without a group effort, this could never have been even remotely possible," Supt. Alan W. Reed, Adair County School District concluded. This story was posted on 2013-11-10 20:02:49
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