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香港六合彩直播开奖 is among 23 school districts to join the state’s new Space Florida Academy Program, an initiative to give students the skills and credentials needed to work in the high-demand fields related to the aerospace industry.

In addition to helping graduates land high-paying jobs, school and local leaders hope the “Space Florida” designation will signal to companies that Charlotte County wants their business.

“We’re trying to make Charlotte as attractive as possible to employers,” said Brian Granstra, Charlotte’s director of career and technical education. “One of the ways to do that is with a skilled workforce.”

The Space Florida Academy is the product of a collaboration among the aerospace industry, the Florida Department of Education, the Florida Department of Commerce, the REACH Office (Reimagining Education and Career Help) and CareerSource Florida.

The program targets six areas that are seen as highly valued by the aerospace industry:

 

• Aviation/aerospace

• Advanced manufacturing

• Construction

• Cybersecurity/IT

• Logistics

• Semiconductors

“These are career and technical education programs that have been identified as high demand,” Granstra said.

While nearly every high school in Florida offers programs that allow students to earn credentials and training valued by the aerospace industry, Space Florida places particular emphasis on programs that can launch students into lucrative careers after graduation. The average aerospace salary is $108,900, according to the Aerospace Industries Association.

“We make sure all our programs are hands-on, real-world programs with feedback from employers to make sure it’s applicable to the industry,” Granstra said. “When they graduate, hopefully, they can stay in Charlotte County or work in Cape Canaveral.”

Granstra said four recent Charlotte Technical College graduates are now making $70,000 a year working in Indiana.

The U.S. aerospace and defense industry combined had a market size estimated at over $103 billion in 2022 — a figure that is expected to more than double to $218 billion by 2032, according to Precedence Research.

The aerospace supply chain is spread throughout the country — and while the district is preparing students to work anywhere, one of the goals of the Space Florida Academy is to bring companies here.

“We are beyond the moon at the Economic Development Partnership with the progress Charlotte County [Public] Schools and Space Florida have made in prioritizing aerospace education,” Derek Rooney, president of the Charlotte County EDP, said in a statement. “I look forward to expanding our partnership with the school district into other fields in the years to come.”

Charlotte County School Superintendent Mark Vianello called the partnership “a significant milestone” that will “open doors to exciting careers in the aerospace industry and beyond.”

“This collaboration highlights our dedication to innovation and excellence in education, ensuring that our students are well-equipped to meet the workforce demands of tomorrow,” he said.

Charlotte County has a list of Space Academy courses available to students listed on the district’s website with an emphasis on aviation-related training. Aviation and aerospace have significant crossover in the training and skills required, according to Granstra.

Charlotte High School has an applied robotics course, and it just added two aviation programs — avionics systems and aviation assembly and fabrication — that are housed in a large classroom.

The district plans to build a hangar at CHS, which is expected to be completed sometime between 2025 and 2026. U.S. Rep. Greg Steube earlier this year pledged $2 million in federal support for the project.

“We’ve got 150 to 170 students right now,” Granstra said. “Both programs are at capacity. We are hoping to expand once we get the hangar.”

Charlotte Technical College has more than a dozen aerospace-related courses, ranging from applied cybersecurity to designing and programming games and animation, skills that can be used in flight simulators.

At the Punta Gorda Airport, CTC currently offers airframe and powerplant training courses for about 60 students.

The airport is planning to build a 19,420-square-foot aviation center for the CTC program. This will include a 9,015-square-foot hangar, with the rest devoted to classroom space.

In August, the district and airport leaders forged an agreement calling for the airport to provide $5.75 million for the estimated $6 million hangar, with school officials covering the rest.

The airport hangar should be built by September 2025, according to spokesperson Kaley Miller.

At Port Charlotte High School, an advanced manufacturing course is in the planning stages for 2025.

Districtwide, Granstra estimates Charlotte County has between 200 and 300 students in Space Florida-related programs, and that number is set to expand as it adds more classroom space and new courses.

The CTC program at the airport has already drawn at least one company to town.

NAS MRO Services LLC — a Miami based maintenance, repair and overhaul firm — recently signed a land lease agreement with the airport to build a hangar large enough to accommodate commercial jets.

“One of the things that really moved me to make the decision here in Punta Gorda is the aviation school that you have,” Nestor Camacho, the company’s director of operations, told the Charlotte County Airport Authority in June.

He said qualified airframe and powerplant mechanics are hard to find in Miami. His company has to hire employees and then train them.

“For us, it’s going to be easier to get people who are already being trained,” he said.