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Originally Posted by Jim Richards
IMO, high schools should offer both a college-prep and a vocational track for students to chose from.
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The high school that I attended still does.
It's a rural area, and they recognize that only a portion of the kids will go on to college. Many kids expect (and are expected) to go into the workforce. Families in that area do not have the income to send their kids to college.
The high school offers college prep courses, which they call "advanced placement" classes. They also offer shop, drafting, and "home economics". And for those kids who really are going down the workforce path, juniors and seniors only attend half days - spending the other half at a "vocational school".