OTHER ACTION MCCTC board

In other action Monday, the Mahoning County Career and Technical Center Board:
Agreed to explore the possibility of sponsoring an online "virtual" McTech School that would be operated by the Mahoning County Educational Service Center and would include some face-to-face contact between teachers and students.Authorized Superintendent Roan Craig to seek quotes on remedying uneven, inefficient and poorly controlled heating of different parts of the CTC building in Canfield under the energy conservation provisions of House Bill 264.Accepted the retirement, effective June 30, of Larry Warren, supervisor of student personnel, who has been with MCTC since its opening in 1972 and who has been employed in public education for 35 years.Awarded contracts for science and cosmetology lab renovations: General construction, Aberdeen Corp. of Boardman, $74,200; plumbing, Charniga Plumbing and Heating Co. of Poland, $80,000; cabinetry, Custom Fabricators Inc. of Beachwood, $115,000; heating, ventilating and air conditioning, Servi-Temp Heating & amp; Cooling of Youngstown, $25,218; electrical, Waynco Electrical Contractors Inc. of Mineral Ridge, $34,900.Heard Charlotte Guest, adult education director, report that her program increasingly serves "incumbent workers," whose employers want them to upgrade their skills or who wish to obtain more skills to advance to higher-paying jobs, and no longer focuses much on unemployed people trying to get jobs.