AUTO SHOP

will leave school already with years of service in the profession they want to go into, and the automotive program is just one example of that.” e Rural Coaction grant also will enable Elizabeth School District to partner with Elbert School District and Kiowa School District to make unique programs available to students in all three districts. Elbert and Kiowa students will be able to take auto classes at the new Elizabeth shop. Rural Coaction funds are also being used to bolster woodworking classes at Elbert that will be available to Elizabeth and Kiowa students. Construction classes at Kiowa, likewise, will be available to Elbert and Elizabeth students. Several classes geared to other career elds will be made available in this “expanded campus” concept in coming years.

“Now due to the funding that we’ve been able to receive through the state through the Coaction grant, we’re able to actually provide a very meaningful facility to grow that program further,” commented Dallas. “We see not only interest in auto, we see Auto II, we see diesel mechanic opportunities. We also see welding growth. is facility would not have been possible without the Coaction grant.” e ceremony concluded with Spohn and the student leadership of the Elizabeth High School Skills USA Club ceremoniously digging up the dirt from the ground upon which the future auto shop will sit. Construction will begin soon by Elizabethbased Prism Builds. e company is owned by Scott Stillman, an EHS Class of 1982 alumnus.

“ is is beyond what I dreamed. When the initial plans were made