ACD投资2300万美元开办西区教育 & 培训中心

New Center helps increase educational opportunities for greater community impact on the West Side of 圣安东尼奥

圣安东尼奥，德克萨斯州 -澳门新葡京博彩地区董事会，校长Dr. 迈克•弗洛, and 西北维斯塔学院 (NVC) will celebrate the ribbon cutting of the new Westside Education and 培训中心, 也被称为WETC, 3月30日下午2点，西南41街610号. The new building replaces the older building at the same site and will allow for greater community impact on the West Side of 圣安东尼奥.

原世贸中心大楼于2006年开放，注册人数为1人,347名学生，是目标人数的三倍. 在过去的17年里, 西部地区的居民已经注册并变成了学生, 获得高中文凭, 准度, 还有证书和转学. 西北维斯塔学院, 是澳门新葡京博彩区的第二大学校, offers academic courses and its Community Health Worker program at the WETC location.

“新世贸中心是多年规划和投资的成果,澳门新葡京博彩校长Dr. 迈克•弗洛. “The 阿拉莫大学 is proud to open the new WETC that will continue to be a beacon of opportunity for many of the residents on the Westside wanting a better life for themselves and their families.”

2017年5月, Bexar县 voters approved a $450 million capital improvement bond for the 阿拉莫大学, 其中二千三百万元拨款给世贸中心.

由Joeris总承包商建造, 46个,907平方英尺的建筑面积是之前建筑的两倍, 那是以前的林肯小学. 架构师, 香港, designed state-of-the-art classrooms and labs and created computer and study spaces for students. 这座多功能建筑还将设有退伍军人外展办公室.

WETC will also serve as the lead site for the 澳门新葡京博彩区 Ready to Work team, 在摄入, 建议, 将进行个案管理和就业服务.

澳门新葡京博彩区’s Education and 培训中心s (ETC) are one-stop centers that meet community workforce training needs. ETCs扩大了大学的规模, technical and academic options for students across the eight counties the 澳门新葡京博彩区 serves.

自2018年以来, the centers – with the help of countless community partners – have provided assistance to 35,000名学生和社区成员, 包括高薪培训, 高需求的行业, 成人扫盲教育, GED准备和考试, 以及小企业的技能.

They also serve as on-ramps to 西北维斯塔学院, 圣安东尼奥学院, St. 菲利普学院，帕洛阿尔托学院和东北湖景学院. 目前，有七个ETCs，两个正在建设中.

WETC和林肯小学有着共同的使命

In 1959, 旧的世贸中心大楼(在同一位置)是林肯小学的所在地, 黑人和西班牙裔孩子都去的学校. 就在学校开学的五年前, 圣安东尼奥 was one of the first major cities in 1954 to desegregate its schools following the U.S. 最高法院对布朗案的判决. 教育委员会. Many African Americans moved near and around WETC since Kelly Air Force Base/Duncan Army Airfield offered the opportunity of employment as mechanics and as part of the aircraft maintenance crews.

在林肯小学，Elizabeth T. 雷恩成为了学校的第一任校长. Before that, she was a teacher at the George Washington Carver School for African American children. 雷恩也是埃奇伍德的第一位黑人老师. In 1968, 埃奇伍德独立学区以她的名字命名了他们的初中, 哪一家今天还在营业.

The new WETC building will continue Wrenn’s legacy of educating students from diverse backgrounds. WETC Advisory Board Member and social justice advocate Manuel Garza says students who attended WETC affectionately turn the WETC acronym into ‘We Empower The Community.’

Interim NVC President Debi Gaitan said 阿拉莫大学 Education and 培训中心s are changing lives, 比如阿米达·弗洛雷斯, 谁来参加2007年的WETC.

Flores came to the center to improve her English-language skills and later earned a certificate in NVC’s Community Health Worker program. 现在, 她有学士学位, 他是许多学生的导师, 是拉丁裔社区和医疗工作者之间的桥梁.

“Armida’s (Flores) journey is an inspiration for all non-traditional adult students who succeed in their pursuit of education by gaining access to college in their own neighborhoods provided by the 阿拉莫大学 Westside Education and 培训中心,盖坦说.