Depends on the school. The high school my kids graduated from offered all forms of trade classes, from home maintenance to welding, cabinetry, auto, etc. They graduated in 2017, 19, & 20.
There was a moment in time several years back where there was talk of cutting back on those classes, but a large enough group of students kept enrolling in them, so the classes stayed.
My school system did have a high school like that, but it was only one for the whole county and you had to transfer to it instead of going to your normal zoned school. And it was only for kids trying to learn a trade, which meant it didn’t offer stuff like AP classes. So yeah: if you were a a “smart” kid planning on college, you didn’t get to have any hands-on sorts of classes. It’s fucked up.
Depends on the school. The high school my kids graduated from offered all forms of trade classes, from home maintenance to welding, cabinetry, auto, etc. They graduated in 2017, 19, & 20.
There was a moment in time several years back where there was talk of cutting back on those classes, but a large enough group of students kept enrolling in them, so the classes stayed.
My school system did have a high school like that, but it was only one for the whole county and you had to transfer to it instead of going to your normal zoned school. And it was only for kids trying to learn a trade, which meant it didn’t offer stuff like AP classes. So yeah: if you were a a “smart” kid planning on college, you didn’t get to have any hands-on sorts of classes. It’s fucked up.