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By JOHN HOINSKI
Staff Writer
Karen Goldsmith had a fasci-
nation with taking items apart
and putting them back together
ever since she was a child. She
also liked fabrics. The next step
was to find a way to combine
both interests.
Welcome to West Side Voca-
tional-Technical School.
the West Side school, Gold-
smith, of Box 96, RD 6, Dallas,
is taking upholstery courses for
three hours a day along with a
full load of other classes such as
biology, algebra, history,
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ripe old age of 14, she already
has her sights set on the future.
“Someday I would like to save
up enough money to start my
own business,’”’ Goldsmith
explained. “But first I would
like to work in a small factory
to get experience.”
If that sounds like one student
with her head on straight and
her priorities in order, you're
right. And there are plenty
more just like her at Tech who
are receiving specialized train-
ing in theory and practice in 15
areas of study, including Data
Processing, Electronics and
Marketing to name a few.
The school also offers a Coop-
erative Education Capstone
Program that provides jobs for
eligible students, with pay,
beginning with the fourth mark-
ing period of their junior year.
The program allows students to
attend classes in the morning
and work in the afternoon.
“We have more jobs than
poeple to fill them,” said Tech
principal Thomas Feeney. ‘And
businesses always come back to
us to use more of our Kids
because they do such a good
job.
“But we don’t send a student
out until he or she is ready. We
won’t send them into a situation
they are not prepared for. They
On the job
fications to be eligible for the
program,” Feeney continued.
“They have to maintain a C-
average, have a good attend-
ance and a good disciplinary
record.”
Cindy Meade, 17, a senior
from RD 2, Box 93, Harveys
Lake, is one of the Tech stu-
dents who is in the program,
working at CEC Associates, a
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Meade is responsible for filing
charts and other duties and,
although she says the transition
from the classroom to the work
place was a little confusing at
the outset, she has made the
adjustment.
“At first it was a little diffi-
cult because sometimes you
would be in class thinking about
the things you would have to do
for work that day,”’ noted
Meade, who works at the office
from 1 to 5 p.m.. “But you get
use to it pretty quick.”
Meade’s supervisor, Karen
Stesney, who was in the Tech’s
€0-0p program seven years ago,
says, “Cindy works very well
with the other staff members.
You don’t have to tell her what
to do.”
Stesney says the company
also employs two other Tech
students and is pleased with the
work they are doing.
But providing services to area
ways these students benefit
from their training. In many
cases the school or the individ-
ual student does, too.
“Take the upholstering class
for example,” Feeney
explained. ‘“‘A student may
bring in an item from home that
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