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What’s Happening
In Education
By Kenneth W. Stanley
What will happen to Johnny, Susan, Rick, and the other Rappahannock students who will terminate their formal education with high school? Are they prepared for a job upon graduation?
The National Advisory Council on Vocational Education reports that a boy or girl in a typical high school is either prepared for college or for nothing much at all. Twenty-five percent of young men and women 18 years of age will not qualify for the eight out of ten job opportunities which do not require a college education.
Many public schools in Virginia are attempting to remedy this situation by offering courses in which students can receive “on-the-job” training in retail or trade occupations before graduation. Such programs require that participating students take several required courses in school during the morning - then report to their jobs in the community during the afternoon. Over the past two years, surveys have been conducted in Rappahannock County to determine the number of businesses that might agree to serve as “placement and training” stations for a limited number of students if such courses were offered in Rappahannock County High School. As a result of the rural locale and lack of businesses, the results of the two surveys were negative. In the interval, two high school graduations occurred and additional Rappahannock boys and girls entered the labor force in search of jobs.
During the past two weeks, students in the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades were surveyed to determine their interest in taking a portion of their classes each day at the Piedmont Vocational School next year, providing the necessary arrangements could be made. Under such a plan, selected students would have the opportunity of receiving specialized training in a vocational area that would provide them with “employable skills” upon graduation from school. Specific areas of training would include: Practical Nursing, Auto Mechanics, Cosmetology,
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