FATE told the board its student enterprises generated roughly $220,000 reinvested into schools this year via grants, scholarships and student auto sales; the foundation also highlighted residential construction projects, entrepreneurship market days and hundreds of student internships across CTE programs.

Valley Career and Technical Center representatives told the board the region’s CTE center needs electrical, HVAC, plumbing and safety upgrades, and asked that referendum revenue be prioritized to modernize facilities that serve three divisions.

Superintendent White highlighted recent career and technical education milestones at convocation, citing 2,502 industry certifications last year, scholarships awarded by the CTE foundation, and expanded CTEC capacity.

Multiple CTE teachers, students and regional industry representatives urged the board to retain collision repair, horticulture and other career‑and‑technical programs at North Stafford High School, pointing to industry demand, certifications, student outcomes and the need to post vacant instructor positions rather than close programs.

Director Karen Cagle described expanded CTE pathways, growth in industry credentials (3,642 last year), new state limitations on qualifying work-based learning and the division's plans for dual enrollment, a mobile school-based enterprise and a GoTech lab at Grafton Middle.