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CITY OF GLENDALE
WHEREAS, Career and Technical Education provides students with a school-to-
career connection, is the backbone of a strong, well-educated workforce, and
fosters productivity in business and industry; and
WHEREAS, Career and Technical Education gives high school students
experience in practical, meaningful applications of basic skills, such as reading,
writing, and mathematics, thus improving the quality of their education,
motivating potential dropouts, and giving all students leadership opportunities in
their career fields and in their communities; and
WHEREAS, Career and Technical Education offers individuals lifelong
opportunities to learn new skills, which provide them with career choices; and
WHEREAS, the ever-increasing cooperative efforts of career and technical
educators, business, and industry stimulate the growth and vitality of our local
economy and that of the entire nation by preparing graduates for career fields
forecast to experience the largest and fastest growth in the next decade.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Jerry P. Weiers, Mayor of the City of Glendale, Arizona,
on behalf of the City Council do hereby proclaim February 2019, as:
CAREER AND TECHNICAL
EDUCATION MONTH
and urge all citizens to become familiar with the services and benefits offered by
the Career and Technical Education programs in this community.
In witness hereof, I hereunto set my hand this 1st day of February 2019.
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MAYOR
Attest.
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CITY CLERK