Education
BY JULIANNA WASHBURN
Blinn College to open workforce training campus in Waller The Blinn College District will soon have a new 17,000-square-foot facility dedicated to workforce training and technical education, according to a Sept. 15 news release. “Together, we are building the foundation for students to pursue rewarding careers while helping local employers meet the growing demand for a skilled workforce,” said Mary Hensley, chancellor of the Blinn College District,
TISD considers new dual language feeder The Tomball ISD board of trustees could consider implementing a new dual language feeder program in the district to help ease capacity at Rosehill Elementary, which offers a two-way dual language program. In a nutshell At the district’s Oct. 13 workshop meeting, Webb proposed a dual language program that would begin in one of the district’s elementary schools and eventually feed into Tomball High School. Webb said the elementary school in the feeder program will be determined after the district gets its demographic report. Webb said the district will have to deter- mine whether the new feeder program will be a one- or two-way dual language program based on space, availability and cost.
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The facility will feature the following:
Mechatronics/ advanced manufacturing lab
Three lecture classrooms
Computer learning lab
Skilled trades lab
Faculty and staff offices
Medical learning lab
SOURCE: BLINN COLLEGE DISTRICT/COMMUNITY IMPACT
in the release. The framework
advanced manufacturing courses, emergency medical technician basic certification, phlebot- omy, certified clinical medical assistant, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, carpentry and construction management, per the release.
The new complex, named the Waller Workforce and Technical Education Complex, will sit on Bin- ford Park Road with more than 80 parking spaces. Programs within the new facility on the Waller Campus will include expanded mechatronics and
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