In midst of $150M project, local career technology center expands programs By MacKenzie Tastan Dayton Business Journal 3/15/2022
A local career technology center is in the middle of a five-year massive project to expand its campus.
"Three years are down. Two years are left," said Miami Valley Career Technology Center (MVCTC) Superintendent Nick Weldy.
The move will offer more students the opportunity to enroll in their most in-demand programs.
"We're bringing students in from almost 40 different schools," Weldy said. "We have 27 partner schools, but then we have a lot of open enrolled schools where children come here because we offers something unique they can't find anywhere else."
The MVCTC in Clayton partners with many local businesses for entry level and skilled jobs, funneling the center’s graduates directly into the community’s workforce, where the demand is high.
Current manufacturing partners include companies such as Sierra Nevada Corp., Fuyao Glass America, PNG, Caterpillar, and NuVasive.
"All these folks really are working with us to find their next superstar employee and they want them right out of high school because there's just no one else out there," Weldy said.
The CTC also trains a significant number of the area’s nurses each year and has the leading LPN training program in the region. Plans to add an RN program currently are pending approval from the state of Ohio.
With approximately 1,800 students, 200 staff, and 40 career technical programs, the center has a significant impact in training the area’s workforce.
The new expansion will allow for more specialized space for individual training programs, many of which are currently doubling up in areas where students do their hands-on learning.
Weldy said most students graduate with several job offers.
Once completed, the $150 million, five-year project will accommodate more students in its most popular programs with expanded opportunities for hands-on learning in automotive maintenance and collision repair, precision machining, nursing, and others.
The Gilbane Building Company is conducting the extensive renovations with Garmann Miller as the architecture firm.
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