-> CB> Kids need real tools to work with when at all possible--I presume
-> CB> what you
-> CB> describe was done to avoid lawsuit.
->   I presume it was done to cut capital costs and even teacher costs.
-> The
-> shop machinery is _expensive_!
Machinery, equipment and materials are not as expensive as lawsuit
settlements. Carl is probably right, here.
->   I don't think contractors will take grads of such programs as
-> seriously
-> as those of "hands-on" programs like the ones a bricklayers' council
-> and the schools run down here.  Contractors are just not willing to
-> run on-the-job training (in actually _doing_ things) on someone's
-> house!
You're missing the point (as usual). High schools are NOT meant to
replace trade schools. A high school program such as this one might
server two realistic and useful purposes: (1) give kids skills they
might use in their own private lives for building and fixing things
around their own home, and just as importantly, (2) give them a feeling
for what a particular type of work/trade might be like so that they know
if they have any aptitude or interest in it, and whether it would be
appropriate for them to apply to such a trade school after high school
graduation.
Sheila
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