Governor Mike DeWine takes part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the upgraded Engineering and Advanced Technologies Center at Theodore Roosevelt High School.

As part of the Governor's work to make career technical education opportunities accessible to more Ohio students, the project was made possible by a $2.3 million grant from the Ohio Career Technical Construction Program.

With 3,500 square feet of additional space, the facility will increase student capacity and support three high-demand career tech programs: Computer-Aided Design and Engineering Technologies; Electronics, Robotics, and Programming; and an Engineering Academy.

The state-of-the-art facility will be used by students throughout the area's Six District Educational Compact, which includes Kent City Schools, as well as Cuyahoga Falls, Hudson, Stow-Munroe Falls, Tallmadge, and Woodridge school districts.

WHO:
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine
Tom Larkin, Superintendent, Kent City Schools
Brian Bachtel, Director of Career Technical Education, Theodore Roosevelt High School
Travis Copen, Owner, Copen Machine
Grant Dodds, Student, Computer-Aided Design and Engineering Technologies program
Mary Jane Stanchina, Executive Director, Six District Educational Compact