Letter to the Editor: New Cordova high school could be the vo-tech school model for the 21st century
Culinary arts students Joshua Ivory (left) and Katrice Jones bake cookies during class at the Trezevant Career and Technology Center. (The Daily Memphian file)
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“Not all students want to go to college, but they need to get skills that will make them employable the moment that diploma is handed to them on their last day of high school.”
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