Allied Health/EMS/JTED consolidated and moved to Prescott Valley Center—a real advantage for JTED training and additional tuition for the Community College
The Community College Facilities Management reported to the District Governing Board at the August 8, 2017 meeting that the Allied Health/EMS/JTED Health Occupation Programs were moving (or had been moved) to the Prescott Valley Center. Management also reported that the Prescott Valley Center Parking Expansion was complete and the Prescott Valley Center addition was substantial Complete. Facilities management indicated the Prescott Valley Center Addition second floor was almost complete with programming starting August 30.
The Joint Technical Education District, Mountain Institute, has fully partnered up with College. It has its administrative headquarters at the Career and Technical Education Center (CTEC) and its Health Occupation programs are now housed at the College’s Prescott Valley Center.
The Community College’s close, supporting partnership on the West side of the County with the Mountain Institute has been developing over a ten-year period. During that same period, it is the Blog’s view that the College and District Governing Board have essentially written off the JTED on the East side of the County. The result of writing off the East side of the County has been devastating to East side CTE training opportunities, especially East County high school students who are not able to consider enrolling in several of the sophisticated job training opportunities offered at CTEC (or taking similar courses on the East side of the County). Those opportunities are only available to students who are a part of the West Mountain Institute JTED. From the Blog’s view, this is simply not educationally fair as the College is supposed to serve “all the County” equitably.