Erie County Technical School hosts sign-on day for graduating seniors
There are 306 students in the graduating class, and 60 students were recognized.
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All have completed nearly 1,500 hours of training and are going straight into the military or the workforce.
Students were celebrated along with local business people who provided them with training, co-ops and ultimately employment.
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'Some of them are going to apprenticeship programs and workforce and some of them are going straight into the workforce. And we're celebrating the three years of their time at the career technical institution,' said Matthew Laverde, executive director of the Erie County Technical School.
'It's a pretty good feeling to know I got to come to a school that gives me a lot of opportunity to explore a lot of different career fields, see things I'm interested in and I'm walking out of it with a job and I got to learn things and make some money so it's a good feeling,' said James Farrar, a graduating senior.
At the ceremony, Toyota of Erie provided the program with a $25,000 check to be used for tools and equipment and upgrading the school's lab.
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