– (9/22/08)

The Fall meetings for the Chapter 74 Program Advisory Committee at Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School are scheduled for Wednesday, October 8, 2008. One committee exists for each of the vocational technical programs at the school.

Under the requirements of M.G.L. Chapter 74, each vocational technical program at the school must have an Advisory Committee comprised of representatives of local businesses and industry related to the program area, organized labor, parents, and students. The Advisory Committee assists school personnel on equipment acquisitions, curriculum, instructional methods, and program evaluation.

The meetings of the various committees will begin with a dinner prepared and served by the Culinary Arts Department at Old Colony. The various committees will then meet in the respective laboratories with the Old Colony instructors.

Questions concerning the Advisory Committee at Old Colony can be answered by contacting Mrs. Rita J. Bretto, Old Colony?s Vocational Coordinator, at 508-763-8011, ext. 119.