NEW TECH PREP COMMITTEE APPOINTED

Paul Kitchen, principal of Delta High School, has been appointed district coordinator of the Tech Prep occupational education program.

The program is being developed through the Cape Girardeau Area Vocational-Technical School and Mineral Area College as a model for vocational education in the state. It encourages high school students who do not plan to attend college to plan a curriculum to achieve a career objective.

Serving on the Cape Girardeau enactment committee are Fred Graham, Scott City High School principal; Ed McGrew, Chaffee High School counselor; Don Pugh, Jackson High School counselor; Robert Turner, Leopold public schools superintendent; Amy Winchester, Advance High School counselor; and Jerry Witvoet, Cape Girardeau High School counselor.