Connecticut is putting up $3.5 million to upgrade its technical high school curricula and equipment to give students a better shot at 21st-century employment, authorities say.
Meantime, the State Board of Education appointed an 11-member board to oversee the tech high-school system:
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Wednesday the State Bond Commission is due to vote approve the funding later in the day.
Connecticut’s technical high school system has some 11,200 full-time high school and adult day students.
Appointees to the new board:
• Susan Davis – president and CEO, St. Vincent’s Health Services and Medical Center
• Fitz Walker – president and CEO, Bartron Manufacturing
• John Barrasso – executive vice president, Mechanical Contractors Association
• Stephan Bundschu – vice president of manufacturing and engineering, Trumpf, Inc.
• Patricia Keavney-Maruca – sitting state board of ed member, former department head and teacher in technical school
• Matthew Nemerson – CEO of the Connecticut Technology Council
• Dr. Lillian Ortiz – dean of student services, Naugatuck Valley Community College
• Robert Trefry – former CEO of Bridgeport Hospital, former state-appointed chair of Bridgeport Board of Education
• Joseph Vrabely, Jr. – president of Atlantic Steel & Processing, LLC, sitting state board of ed member, chair of board’s technical high school committee
