Kent Career Tech Center and Kent Transition Center to merge
In order to be more inclusive and to offer all students broader career exploration opportunities, the Kent Transition Center and the Kent Career Tech Center will merge as the Kent Career Tech Center starting this fall.
In order to be more inclusive and to offer all students broader career exploration opportunities, the Kent Transition Center and the Kent Career Tech Center will merge as the Kent Career Tech Center starting this fall.
Kent ISD Superintendent Ron Koehler noted that KTC has done well providing students who have an individualized education plan with career exploration and training opportunities. But it has been noted by local districts and Kent ISD staff that there are students who could succeed beyond what is being offered in that program. KTC helps students with disabilities explore job opportunities and learn hands-on employment skills, while the Tech Center provides training to all students for a wide variety of career fields.
“By blurring the lines between those programs and by creating opportunities for students to see and explore more and demonstrate more, we believe we’re going to create and give students the opportunity to achieve their full potential, whatever that is,” Koehler said, adding the merger also gives Kent ISD the freedom to reimagine some of the KTC space to offer more opportunities.
