Folsom Lake College receives $469,000 grant
By Walter Yost -
wyost@sacbee.com
Published 5:51 pm PDT Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Folsom Lake College has received a $469,000 career technical initiative grant, awarded through the state's Career Technical Education/Economic and Workforce Development Pathways program.
Emphasizing career partnerships in the college's El Dorado County service area, the grant program will develop integrated career technical programs in local industries at both the high school and community college level, with a particular emphasis on increasing the awareness of those opportunities with middle school students.
Folsom Lake College will work in partnership with a variety of local schools, businesses and community agencies including: the El Dorado County Office of Education, the Apple Hill Growers Association, Lake Tahoe Community College, the El Dorado Irrigation District, the El Dorado Union High School District, the City of South Lake Tahoe, the El Dorado County Builders Association, and Pacific Gas & Electric, among others.
The college includes the main Folsom campus, an El Dorado Center and a Rancho Cordova Center