This is where I went to high school.
http://eghs-egusd-ca.schoolloop.com/...=1240065033374
They offer a strong college prep program yet - to meet the needs of the community - still retain the active FFA, AgMechanics, auto mechanics, and other industrial arts programs which were there when I was a student. They also still have their working school farm/ranch maintained by the students and Ag Dept, as well as offering a number of apprenticeship programs for students to train with local businesses and industries while finishing high school.
These are some of the career pathing offered by the district today.
http://blogs.egusd.net/collegeandcar...reer-pathways/
Takes a community approach and commitment to retain such programs where the general view I've run into seems to be that IT is the only tech program(s) being considered and offered by many schools today.
A HUGE problem around here is the high drop-out rate among the inner-city and Hispanic youth population - no simple explanations or solutions for it that I can see, either.
And so it goes...
Richard 
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