Hanover Excited About Trade School / '40 Year Discussion' Ends This Fall When $8.2 Million...

Posted on: Thursday, 3 July 2008, 06:00 CDT By HOLLY PRESTIDGE Hanover County schools spent $145,351 during the past school year transporting eight students to the Richmond Technical Center every day. They spent an additional $28,000 for their tuition. With those per-pupil costs - nearly $22,000 per student - school officials are looking forward to the opening of the Hanover Center for Trades and Technology this fall. The $8.2 million facility is one of the school-related projects approved in the 2005 bond referendum. The center will offer two- and three-year courses for students in grades 10, 11 and 12 in areas such as automotive technology, building management, cosmetology and culinary arts. Students will be bused to the trades center for one 90-minute period each day. More than 250 students already are enrolled. Hanover... [read full story]