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The pathway will help students prepare for a future career in precision manufacturing, which has evolved over time as an industry, Padavil said. “When we think of manufacturing it’s nuts and bolts in a factory on an assembly line,” Padavil said. “That is not what is coming into Georgetown.” He said the current plan is for students to complete the course pathway and earn both their associate degree as well as an industry certication so that they can enter the workforce directly. An added benet of this partnership, Padavil said, is that while students would not be guar- anteed to be hired for a job with CelLink, the company has promised to provide job interview opportunities to students who graduate from the program once it is in place.
The manufacturing program—slated to open for student enrollment in the 2025-26 school year—will be formed under a Pathways in Technology Early College High School program, Schulz said. As a PTECH program, the district will establish its precision manufacturing program through a partnership with Austin Community College as its higher education partner. CelLink will assist the district as its industry partner, Schulz said, along with the Georgetown Manufacturing Alliance, a coalition of local manufacturers formed through the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce. Next year’s freshmen will be able to start the program with one college-credit course and another class in manufacturing, in addition to their typical high school classes, he said.
The FRLC puts a majority of the district’s CTE programs in one space with room to grow, CTE Director Bretton Schulz said. Before the FRLC, students would enter a competitive lottery to enroll in programs like agriculture and automotive. Schulz said while the district was not able to entirely remove its lottery system, capacity in each program grew, allowing more students to participate. By centrally locating the majority of higher-level CTE courses typically taken by juniors and seniors, lower-level CTE capacity at East View and Georgetown high schools also expanded, he said. The new precision manufacturing pathway will be a partnership with CelLink Corporation, a California-based manufacturer of exible circuits, which opened a site in Georgetown last year.
Local manufacturing job creation Many manufacturing-related businesses have expanded, relocated or announced their intent to open in the Georgetown area, bringing new jobs.
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Pathways forward In GISD, students can choose from a variety of courses that may be oered at their campus or the FRLC.
CelLink Corporation Manufactures circuits for electric vehicles and batteries
2,000
Control Panels USA Manufactures electrical cabinets
150 265
GAF Energy
Manufactures solar shingles
South Korean conglomerate with multiple companies, which manufacture parts for Tesla and monitor solar panel elds 180
Hanwha
Kreate
Product design, development, 3D printing, manufacturing and distribution
N/A
Health science
Hospitality and tourism
Human services
Schunk Xycarb
Semiconductor supplier providing quartz, graphite and advanced technical ceramics 250
Strategic Thermal Labs US Farathane
Manufactures cooling plates that reduce the amount of electricity data centers use N/A
Tesla supplier that manufactures plastic parts for cars
230
Information technology
Transportation and logistics
STEM
Valex
Samsung supplier that manufactures high-purity steel tubes
300
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ZT Systems
Manufactures data servers
1,500
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