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Scott County Career and Technical Center is an area C areer and T echnical C enter located in Scott County Virginia near the Gate City High School /Middle School Complex. It was originally designed to meet the vocational needs of the people of Scott County and to fulfill the mandate of the Vocational Act of 1963 which states that every person in every community shall have access to a vocational course of his or her choice. With the passage of the Act, the State of Virginia began to place more emphasis on vocational education. This was also the concept of Jack B. Renick, who was Superintendent of Scott County Schools at that time. He, with assistance of J. H. Lowe, Assistant State Supervisor, petitioned the Scott County School Board to construct a vocational school in Scott County since Appalachian Regional funds were available on an 80-20 percent matching basis. The school board approved this recommendation, and it was passed to the Board of Supervisors for their consideration. Subsequently, at a special called meeting, January 21, 1966, the Board elected to start work immediately on a vocational school to serve the three area high schools (Gate City High, Rye Cove High, Twin Springs High, and now Gate City Middle School) in teaching the job preparation electives, mainly in the field of Trade and Industrial Education. | |
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