West Side Career and Technology Center (formerly West Side Area Vocational-Technical School) is a full-time Career and Technology Center located in Luzerne County at 75 Evans Street, Pringle, Pennsylvania.[1] The school is home to students of Wyoming Valley West, Dallas, Northwest, Wyoming Area, and Lake-Lehman school districts in the 2008-2009 school year.[2][3] The current[as of?] principal is Rick Rava. The administrative director is Thomas Duffy from Dallas School District, who replaced the retired Thomas Viviano. Viviano replaced Nancy Tkatch, who resigned during the 2013–2014 school year amid an investigation into fraudulent uses of the school credit cards.[4]
Students must also complete a WSCTC Experience Project, with career and technical related job topics presented like a portfolio.
WSCTC Programsedit
West Side Career & Technology Center offers a wide selection of fully accredited academic courses. These courses will meet all requirements for high school graduation. In addition, the school also has advanced academic courses to meet the requirement for those students who are moving on to post secondary education.
West Side CTC also has fifteen Career & Technology programs to choose from. These programs represent business and technology; skilled trades and courses that offer an advanced start to post secondary training.
The Co-operative education program offers students an opportunity to gain real world work experience while still in high school. Many local employers hire the students because of the highly skilled and highly trained employees. In some situations, the high school co-op jobs lead to well paying, full-time jobs, upon high school graduation.
In the past, The Wyoming Valley West School district adopted a dress code, and soon after WSCTC also adopted a similar dress code. Not long after, the two representatives from Wyoming Valley West wanted more control over the WSCTC school board, as most of the students and funding comes from the WVW school district. It was said that if they did not get the control they wanted, they would pull out of WSCTC's partnership and discontinue sending their students, as well as discontinuing funding. This caused an uproar from the students and parents, because they were concerned their children would not receive the education they are entitled to by U.S. Law. A protest of students, parents, and alumni was held at a school board meeting, and soon after things did not work out in WVW's favor.
Wyoming Valley West has since decided to rejoin the JOC due to the extreme overpayment to the tech center.
Websiteedit
Official website
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources West Side Career and Technology Center news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2018 Learn how and when to remove this message This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources West Side Career and Technology Center news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2018 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message West Side Career and Technology Center formerly West Side Area Vocational Technical School is a full time Career and Technology Center located in Luzerne County at 75 Evans Street Pringle Pennsylvania 1 The school is home to students of Wyoming Valley West Dallas Northwest Wyoming Area and Lake Lehman school districts in the 2008 2009 school year 2 3 The current as of principal is Rick Rava The administrative director is Thomas Duffy from Dallas School District who replaced the retired Thomas Viviano Viviano replaced Nancy Tkatch who resigned during the 2013 2014 school year amid an investigation into fraudulent uses of the school credit cards 4 West Side Career and Technology CenterAddress75 Evans St PringlePennsylvaniaUnited StatesInformationFormer nameWest Side Area Vocational Technical SchoolTypeCareer and Technology CenterSchool districtWyoming Valley WestPrincipalRichard Rick RavaGrades9 12Number of students566Color s Blue and goldAthletics conferenceWyoming Valley ConferenceMascotTitansWebsitewww wbr wsctc wbr net Contents 1 School 2 WSCTC Programs 2 1 Computer Technologies 2 2 Automotive Technologies 2 3 Other Technologies 3 Sports 4 Controversy 5 Website 6 ReferencesSchool editIn order to graduate students must take at least three years of a shop class in addition to their core classes Students can select from a wide variety of shops such as cosmetology automotive technology criminal enforcement and computer technology Students must also complete a WSCTC Experience Project with career and technical related job topics presented like a portfolio WSCTC Programs editWest Side Career amp Technology Center offers a wide selection of fully accredited academic courses These courses will meet all requirements for high school graduation In addition the school also has advanced academic courses to meet the requirement for those students who are moving on to post secondary education West Side CTC also has fifteen Career amp Technology programs to choose from These programs represent business and technology skilled trades and courses that offer an advanced start to post secondary training The Co operative education program offers students an opportunity to gain real world work experience while still in high school Many local employers hire the students because of the highly skilled and highly trained employees In some situations the high school co op jobs lead to well paying full time jobs upon high school graduation Computer Technologies edit Maintenance amp Network Security C I T Computer Information Technology Automotive Technologies edit Auto Mechanics Auto Body Collision Repair Other Technologies edit Marketing Distributive Education Auto Body Auto Mechanic Machine Technology Carpentry HVAC Early Childhood Education Electrical Technology Criminal Law Enforcement Health Related Technology Cosmetology Audio Visual Communications Culinary Arts 5 Sports editThe sports programs at West Side CTC were cut due to a budget shortfall 6 Controversy editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed March 2018 Learn how and when to remove this message In the past The Wyoming Valley West School district adopted a dress code and soon after WSCTC also adopted a similar dress code Not long after the two representatives from Wyoming Valley West wanted more control over the WSCTC school board as most of the students and funding comes from the WVW school district It was said that if they did not get the control they wanted they would pull out of WSCTC s partnership and discontinue sending their students as well as discontinuing funding This caused an uproar from the students and parents because they were concerned their children would not receive the education they are entitled to by U S Law A protest of students parents and alumni was held at a school board meeting and soon after things did not work out in WVW s favor Wyoming Valley West has since decided to rejoin the JOC due to the extreme overpayment to the tech center Website editOfficial websiteReferences edit WSAVTS Archived from the original on October 12 2008 Retrieved 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