2021 The Five Star Focus

OUTSIDE-THE-CLASSROOM
LEARNING
Students have multiple learning
opportunities outside the traditional
classroom providing various
pathways to success.
Room to
GROW
New CTE learning
opportunities part of
larger district vision
THE LONG-AWAITED 2020 OPENING, of FutureForward at Washington Square, the district’s second Career and
Technical Education (CTE) campus, could have been seen as a crowning achievement.
But, not content to simply sit back and celebrate the success of opening a second campus, district leaders are envisioning
what comes next.
“This is not an endpoint, this is a new beginning,” said Kristi Weaver, Five Star Schools Director of Career and Technical
Education and Postsecondary Readiness. “Career and Technical Education provides students additional learning opportunities
and college credit while building technical skills for high-wage, in-demand careers. We will continue to seek strategic
opportunities to expand student learning through FutureForward programs as part of our vision to make them an extension
to student academics and not an alternative.”
16 THE FIVE STAR FOCUS 2021-2022