By: Bethany Day and Reilly Buselli
Wallenpaupack Area High School just received a $3 million grant from US Representative Robert Bresnahan for the upcoming Career and Technical Center building. On Thursday, February 26, Representative Bresnahan visited Wallenpaupack Area High School to support the new CTC building. The school hosted a meeting, where students from different Career and Technical Education programs were present to represent their programs and support the cause of the new building. During this meeting, Joseph Pettinato, Reagan Anderson, and Jewel Dickerman spoke about how much opportunity they have been given from their CTE’s and how they discovered what they wanted to be when they got older due to the programs.
The $3 million that Wallenpaupack received is going towards beginning construction on the CTC building. This CTC building has been highly anticipated for the last few years. The building will house CTE programs currently available at Wallenpaupack Area High School. Additionally, this building not only will house the existing pathways, but it also opens the possibility of housing more programs for more variety in student education. They may be adding a welding program (metal fabrication) and others that are not currently available, and they are making the Aviation pathway a CTE program.
At the meeting, there were blueprints and conceptual photos of what the building would look like. The money that we have received will help make this vision a reality.
We thank Representative Bresnahan for the money and the support he has shown for the new building. We wish that with this money to fund the new school, we can make students’ futures brighter and help future generations move forward.
