Groundbreaking for Expansion of Miami Valley Career Technology Center
Englewood, OH – Miami Valley Career Technology Center (MVCTC) started a new chapter on Friday, May 10, 2019, with a formal groundbreaking ceremony for the district’s remodeling and expansion project. The groundbreaking was a monumental event in the district’s 48-year history and will set the path for continued commitment to providing premier career technical education to both secondary and adult students across the Miami Valley Region.
During the early 1960’s, area educators expressed concerns that traditional high school programs were, in many instances, failing to meet the needs of a large percentage of high school students directly entering the workforce. The Montgomery County Joint Vocational School (MCJVS) was created by the partner districts to fulfill workforce demands and to meet the needs of all students. The MCJVS changed names to the Miami Valley Career Technology in 1994 to better reflect the district’s goals. Since the name change, MVCTC has evolved into a nationally recognized leader in career technical education.
Currently, the MVCTC serves 27 area high schools, in five counties and their communities. MVCTC offers over 40 career technical programs for high school juniors and seniors, educational opportunities for adult students, and career technical programming at 18 partner district satellite locations working with grades 6 through 12. Working with local business and industry partners, MVCTC helps attract and create jobs for the region's economic growth.
The Groundbreaking Ceremony included presentations by Dr. Nick Weldy (MVCTC Superintendent), Mr. Joe Idzakovich (MVCTC Board of Education President), Mr. Jon Husted (Lt. Governor of Ohio), Mr. Bruce Miller (Founding Principal Garmann/Miller Architects-Engineers), Mr. Bob Sewell (Vice President Gilbane Building Company), Ms. Melanie Dreup (Chief of Planning Ohio Facilities Construction Commission), and Ms. Patricia Burnside (Mayor City of Englewood).
The MVCTC building project is partially funded through the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission’s (OFCC) Vocational Facilities Assistance Program (VFAP). The MVCTC project will be the largest single building in OFCC’s K-12 history with approximately 565,000 square feet of new and renovated space under one roof. This project will improve school safety for students and staff, modernize almost 50-year old facilities and infrastructure, and will allow for more students to be accepted each year at MVCTC. With a growing skills gap in the region, the building project will allow MVCTC to meet these demands by educating more students and additionally offering new programs for an ever-changing workforce.
MVCTC’s dedication to preparing students for rewarding careers is evident all over the Miami Valley, as discovered during the building process, OFCC’s Chief of Planning, Melanie Drerup, is an alumna of MVCTC. She’s been a state employee for nearly 25 years, all of which have been in K-12 planning programs.
For more information about MVCTC, please visit www.mvctc.com.
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