Spec Ed, Career Tech Renewals Coming November 7th

Ballot renewals will maintain services while not increasing taxes

NC RESA’s  Career Tech Center serves over half of our area’s high school juniors and seniors or roughly 700 students giving them access to an array of job-specific classes to prepare them for work in their chosen fields.
NC RESA provides vital Special Education services to our local schools in addition to providing the Education and Activity Center on their campus.

On Election Day, November 7th, 2 proposals will come before voters seeking to renew the millages that partially fund these services and allow our local youth these much needed opportunities. 

The Special Education programs are designed to help individuals with special needs achieve a higher level of personal self-sufficiency and success in school and in their community which may not be available if the student were only given access to a typical classroom education.Social Workers, Psychologists, Physical Therapists and other professionals provide services from birth to age 26 for those involved.

NC RESA Superintendent Blake Prewitt gave an example of how the CTC continues to develop programming that responds to the community needs. 
“Julie Burrell of The Right Place let us know there are about 70 jobs in finance in the county that go unfilled so we started an accounting program. It’s only with millage money that we have the opportunity to do this.”
Superintendent Prewitt added that the CTC would like to begin an HVAC program after hearing from businesses and individuals  in the county about the need.

The services provided via the millage renewals are required by the state. NC RESA takes the burden off the schools who would otherwise be required to provide them, leading to significant cuts in other areas such as athletics and  music programs, 
Once again, these proposals are not new millages but renewals that are needed to maintain current services.