{"id":4587,"date":"2022-03-31T15:00:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T15:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=4587"},"modified":"2022-03-31T15:00:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T15:00:07","slug":"local-leaders-salute-federal-funding-for-community-education-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/31\/local-leaders-salute-federal-funding-for-community-education-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Leaders Salute Federal Funding for Community Education Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur announces Toledo Tech funding<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sojourner\u2019s Truth Staff<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, Toledo Public School leaders, union leaders held a press conference on Wednesday, March 23 at the Toledo Technology Academy to welcome the news that the federal funds are on the way to provide training for auto mechanic and electrical vehicle curricula at the Academy along with teacher training.<\/p>\n

Due to the congresswoman\u2019s efforts, $1.25 million will be used to establish an electric vehicle training program to provide students and workers the skills and knowledge for high-wage careers in a growing career field.<\/p>\n

The funds are part of a larger package of $14 million recently unveiled by Kaptur<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the defense and industry of our country from Toledo and miles around us, where America hums,\u201d said Kaptur<\/p>\n

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Toledo Board of Education member Rev. Randall Clark with electrict vehicles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWhat we want is the kids to be the engineering minds in regards to innovations and advancements in the electric vehicle field,\u201d said Romules Durant, EdD, superintendent of Toledo Public Schools. So, at the same time as e evolve into that, we need to provide a succession because we\u2019re really in an area that\u2019s heavily the automakers of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

TPS ill be putting together a plan for the newly acquired funds, part of which may be used for a bigger facility for students. However, the goal is to ultimately increase the number of technicians and mechanics TTA prepares, especially those who can focus their talents and expertise on the development of electric vehicles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are investments in the future,\u201d said Kaptur. \u201cWe are moving into the future whether the rest of Ohio wants to or not.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Durant, TPS will be leveraging the federal funds to acquire \u201coutside dollars,\u201d in order to maximize the impact of the \u2018total electric vehicle program.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also speaking at the announcement were Polly Taylor Gerken, president of the Toledo Board of Education, and Kevin Dalton, president of Toledo Federation of Teachers. Both praised Kaptur for her part in acquiring the funds and noted the positive impact the enhanced program will have in preparing students for meaningful, living age jobs in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an investment that will grow exponentially,\u201d said Dalton. \u201cIt\u2019s important to have advocates; this is exactly what we need around the nation. Labor and management all came together.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sojourner\u2019s Truth Staff Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, Toledo Public School leaders, union leaders held a press conference on Wednesday, March 23 at the Toledo Technology Academy to welcome the news that the federal funds are on the way to provide training for auto mechanic and electrical vehicle curricula at the Academy along with teacher training. Due […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[113],"class_list":["post-4587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4590,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4587\/revisions\/4590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4587"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=4587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}