Last Updated on January 4, 2024, 9:49 PM | Published: January 4, 2024
Metro Technology Centers sends the following information:
Metro Technology Centers School Board Member, Miriam Campos, was sworn in for a second term at the April 11, 2023 board of education meeting held at the Springlake campus. Campos ran unopposed and is serving as Vice President of the Board for the year.
District 5 Board Member, Dr. Linda Ware Toure, was appointed Board President. Ron Perry, who represents District 1, is serving as Board Clerk.
Campos ran unopposed and was first appointed in 2017 and represents District Six, which encompasses much of southwest Oklahoma City.
Dr. Toure was first appointed in 2016, and represents district five, which is located in Northeast Oklahoma City. Perry represents District 1, which is located in Northwest Oklahoma City, and was first appointed in 2009.
About Metro Technology Centers
Metro Technology Centers is a career and technology center with four campuses. The school was established in 1979 by a vote of the people to serve Oklahoma City in providing career and technology education (CTE).
The Oklahoma CTE system was created in the 1960s as a third, publicly-supported education branch with its own Oklahoma State Board of Career and Technology Education (OSBCTE) and Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education (ODCTE). Metro Tech is one of 29 technology centers in the state of Oklahoma.
Metro Tech provides full-time career majors for high school and adult students. High school students receive credit toward high school graduation. Both student groups can earn trade certifications and/or licenses.
Short-term adult and career development (ACD) courses can be 1 to 100 hours on any subject where a need has been identified. Customized courses are provided to promote personal, economic and organizational development for industry-specific training and development (ITD) clients.
Other services provided by Metro Tech include career and business counseling, assessment, financial aid, employment services, computerized academic centers including ESL (English as a Second Language), child care, disability services and bus transportation.
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