Vo-tech’s welding class most popular, prompts additional hire
BUTLER TWP — The welding program at Butler County Area Vocational-Technical School has grown so popular that its 140 students can no longer be handled by just one teacher and an aid.
The Butler County Area Vocational-Technical School joint operating committee voted Thursday, Sept. 1, to fill a new teaching position in the welding program, bringing the staff of the department up to three, plus one substitute teacher.
The school’s executive director, Regina Hiler, said the program has been growing in numbers for years and has become the most popular at the school this year.
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