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Boston, MA (PRWEB) May 17, 2007 -- Calling today a historic occasion, Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Suzanne M. Bump today signed nine new articulation agreements that will boost training opportunities for students attending Madison Park Technical Vocational High School in Roxbury. The signing ceremony marks the first time state apprenticeship training programs have partnered with Boston Public Schools through formal written agreements.

"I commend the Division of Apprentice Training (DAT) and all of our partners at the state and local level who have worked hard with a common goal to bring these agreements to fruition," said Bump. "The Administration of Governor Deval Patrick and Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray are committed to making sure that more of our youth can get training that will lead to higher wages and successful career pathways."

Joined by partners including Jeffrey Wheeler, Career and Vocational Technical Education Director, Massachusetts Department of Education; Michael Contompasis, Interim Superintendent, Boston Public Schools; Chuck McAfee, Headmaster of Madison Park Technical Vocational High School; Dr. Terrence Gomes, President, Roxbury Community College and Dr. Charles Abasa-Nyarko, Vice-President, Bunker Hill Community College, Bump added, "This collaboration is the result of creativity and dedication to finding effective ways to link work and learning."

Agreements signed today include:

~YouthBuild, Boston Tech Prep Consortium
~Building Trades Training Directors' Association
~Snapchef Training and Staffing, Roxbury Community College
~Carpenters Certification Institute, Roxbury Community College
~Lewis Howard Latimer Association, Roxbury and Bunker Hill Community Colleges
~Boston Carpenters Apprenticeship Training Fund
~Alternative Care Providers
~NStar, Bunker Hill Community College, Utility Workers' #369
~Sheetmetal Workers Local 17, Greater Boston Tech Prep

While apprenticeship training programs have always recognized the work of graduates from vocational technical education high schools, new articulations will give graduates a variety of new incentives, such as:

Credit hours for high school programs being applied to the total number of apprenticeship training hours resulting in an advance status for Madison graduates.

Preferred status for entrance into pre-apprenticeship training
College credit for specific high-level technical courses completed as part of the student's high school, pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeship training.

"These partnerships will help to secure a preferred status in apprenticeship programs as well as provide college credit for our students while in high school," said Chuck McAfee, Headmaster of Madison Park Technical Vocational High School. "We are very excited by this collaboration and the benefits that it represents for Boston students and the community. Career and technical education is thriving at Madison Park which is Boston's only career and technical education high school."

"These agreements will provide students at Madison Park with unique opportunities to obtain state-of the-art competencies and to observe first-hand the world of work that is the building trades," said Bill Mooney, Training Director for the Operating Engineers Local 4 Apprenticeship and Training Program and President of The Building Trades Training Directors Association of Massachusetts.

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Todd Snopkowski
617-264-2433

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