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occupational skills that are In demand in the business and vocational world?
The same questions have been asked in recent years by parents of school-age children and other Interested citizens in neighboring counties. As a result of the discussions*, that have been prompted by such questions, Culpeper, Orange, and Madison Counties have made available a vocational training facility in the Piedmont School. Shenandoah County has a similar facility in the Tripplet School. Planning is going on between the counties of Frederick, Clark, and the city of Winchester to establish a similar facility in the new future.
Just what can a vocational school offer that is not possible in a small rural high school? Examples of training that boys and girls receive in Vocational Schools, such as the ones previously mentioned, include preparation in Data Processing, Electricity, Electronics, Carpentry, Auto Mechanics, Cosmotology, Masonry, plus a host of other fields. Do Rappahannock students graduate with the same preparation?
Presently, the vocational offerings in many smaller high schools include courses in Home Economics for girls and Industrial Arts for boys. On occasion, one can find a small high school offering training in typing and bookkeeping. But what if the girl desires to work in addition to taking care of a home after graduation? Will she be able to secure a job other than clerical? What about the boy? Will openings on an industrial assembly line or in the field of construction be his only available choices? If Rappahannock
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