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24-03-2025
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Apollo shows off new public safety training center
Mar. 24—SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP — More than $10 million was put into the new public safety center on the campus of Apollo Career Center. About half of the facility was paid for by Apollo's general fund dollars and permanent improvement dollars, while the other half was secured through capital dollars and state funding, the training center's leader told members of the Lima Rotary Club during a visit Monday. "We went to Matt Huffman and also Bob Cupp, and we were able to secure capital dollars in 2022. That was about $2.5 million," Keith Horner, superintendent at Apollo Career Center, said. "About a year later the state comes out with a great opportunity for career tech education to be able to expand career tech education, which gave another $2.9 million." The 28,000-square-foot facility has three separate bays and adds a modern space to develop and prepare public safety transportation; commercial driver's license training; heating, ventilation and air conditioning; and future firefighters and police officers. "The need is there so much that we're trying to fill that void as fast as we can," Horner said. There are multiple classrooms and offices throughout the facility. Apollo will offer course pathways in the American criminal justice system, constitutional and criminal law, psychological and sociological theories on crimes, processes and personnel of court systems and police work and practices. "We will offer telecommunications dispatch basic certification, and they will leave with their basic certification to begin a career in dispatch," Tony Swygart, criminal justice instructor at Apollo, said about the police work. "We will study post-release programs like probation and parole." The Apollo Career Center Advisory Board is physically preparing students to pass the Ohio Peace Officers Training Council physical fitness standards. "I am truly excited that we have our SES coach, coach (Joey) Benda, to agree to individualized assessments and planning for students in criminal justice," Swygart said. Horner believes career tech is trending in the right direction due to workforce issues. "Most of us remember when we were growing up the big question was what the stigma was," Horner said. "Well, I can tell you that that has, it's obviously, significantly, flipped, which we're very blessed to be able to take part of." Apollo, which began the year with 950 students, has grown around 40 percent in the last 10 years, Horner said. Reach Cade Higgins at 567-242-0351 Featured Local Savings
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28-01-2025
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New Apollo building nearing completion
Jan. 28—LIMA — Apollo Career Center Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer Maria Rellinger spoke to the Lima Kiwanis Club on Tuesday about the school's upcoming Public Safety Training Center and new additions that will come with it. The 28,000 square-foot building currently under construction will hold fire, EMS, criminal justice and truck driving programs and is expected to be ready for public viewing at Apollo's open house on April 10, Rellinger said. The building was two-thirds funded by Ohio grants and one-third came from the school's general fund. A high school criminal justice program will be a new addition to the curriculum when the building starts operations in the fall. One of the reasons the program is expanding to high schoolers is because of the local need for more law enforcement officers. Rellinger said the program can enroll 25 students and 60 students have signed up. The truck driving program will also benefit from the new building with the addition of a full mechanics bay, which will also help the school save money, Rellinger said. "The truck driving side of that, we have nowhere to fix our vehicles. Right now, they either do it outside or in this tiny little corner of one of our programs," Rellinger said. The program recently gained an asset when Apollo bought the former Dot's Pet Center building and turned it into a commercial driver's license testing center. Rellinger said the testing center has also expanded to include regular driver's license testing. "When someone would come here for truck driving training, they would have to go really far away to test for that CDL and it could take months, up to like six months to even get into the testing center because they were so limited around the state," Rellinger said. Rellinger mentioned a new EMS simulator will be purchased for the expansion to go alongside the one they have. The school also has truck driving, live birth, auto body and welding simulators. Reach Charlotte Caldwell at 567-242-0451. Featured Local Savings
