According to data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, enrollment in construction trades courses increased by over 19.3% from 2021-2022. In that same period, mechanic and repair saw an 11.5% increase and precision and production saw a 16.7% increase.
While college students are heading back to class, more and more young people are heading to trade school. Financial and societal shifts have led trade schools to record-breaking enrollment numbers.
“For those who want to continue into trade school, or continue their construction education, we want to be a pipeline for those high school programs," Morley said.
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Flo-Aire Heating and Cooling operates out of an old farmhouse, located at 15761 Eureka Road, west of Dix-Toledo Road, in Southgate, which was moved from its original location on Dix-Toledo Road at Eureka in the seventies, when a shopping center was built on its original site. Patriarch Loren Beesley was raised in the farmhouse and ran his business from it.
Photos courtesy of Robert Molnar
Photo courtesy Robert Molnar