Plan view is to develop program at CTEC and possibly at Mingus High School; Did Sedona mayor- elect Scott Jablow’s speech to the Governing Board at the November meeting possibly alter rigid thinking by Prescott based College executives regarding the future of EV training in the Verde Valley?
The five-year development plan proposed by the Prescott-based executives of Yavapai Community College, as presented at the November 2022 Governing Board meeting, suggests that they are not enthusiastic about developing a comprehensive electric vehicle (EV) training program at the Verde Campus. Instead, according to the plan documents, they may consider placing an EV program of some sort at Mingus High School.
Even placing such a program at Mingus High School seemed to generate reluctance. For example, Career and Technical Education Dean John Morgan told the Governing Board that “we have leased a facility from Mingus High School in the past, but we didn’t get the desired enrollment when we tried to run it there.”
Dean Morgan also indicated that the College was far from immediately ready to institute EV training. He said that the College was “waiting a couple of years at least in our planning horizon to let the industry catch up with us.” He also said that at present EV training is proprietary. “That is, if . . . you’re on a Tesla. If something goes wrong with it, it comes up on your screen, and it says, go to your Tesla dealership.”
One bright spot for the Verde Valley was a result of Sedona’s mayor-elect Scott Jablow telling the Governing Board that Sedona was prepared to host a Community College EV training course as a part of its EV program. As a result of that speech, Dean Morgan told the Governing Board at the meeting that at some point he would consider the Sedona offer.
What follows for your information are excerpts from the College plan documents relevant to an EV training program.
