IN FOCUS: Boardman High’s industrial arts program crafts success

By ROBERT K. YOSAY

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BOARDMAN

About 40 years ago, a bowling-pin lamp created in a high school wood shop class was considered above-average work.

Such a project would probably bring nothing but laughs and a roll of the eyes from today’s “shop” teachers and students.

At Boardman High School, the industrial technology department, which encompasses a major part of a wing at the school, teaches students everything from wood work to machine shop, metals, welding, and mechanical and architectural drawing.

The program’s instructors have more than 100 years of teaching experience and have kept the curriculum so interesting the program has seen an increase every year for the past 10 years.

In fact, several female students are now in the department once dominated by males, said instructor Bob Day.

“The girls have a much steadier hand when welding than most of the boys,” he added.

Read the full story and view a set of accompanying photos in Monday’s In Focus feature in The Vindicator and on Vindy.com.