Chardon High School’s Creating Reliable and Educated Workers courses, co-advised and co-taught by faculty members Tracey Britt and Kim Butala as part of the career-based intervention program...
CREW Program Joins SACA
Chardon High School’s Creating Reliable and Educated Workers courses, co-advised and co-taught by faculty members Tracey Britt and Kim Butala as part of the career-based intervention program, is pleased to announce that it has become a member of the Smart Automation Certification Alliance (SACA) in order to align education and training to meet the realities of Industry 4.0.
Students completing the school’s career and technical education programs will now earn SACA Industry 4.0 certifications, giving them a competitive advantage in today’s job market.
CREW’s mission is for each student to be able to identify his/her own, personal pathway after graduation: direct employment, enrollment into college, enlistment into the military or becoming an entrepreneur. The program provides students with personal experiences both in and out of the classroom that will allow them to experience a variety of jobs while gaining the skills needed to become skilled workers.
To learn more about CREW courses and SACA certification, visit the news page of the district’s website at chardonschools.org.
Bus Safety Week
Chardon Local Schools and the surrounding community joined other schools and communities to recognize National School Bus Safety Week Oct. 18-22. The national theme this year is “1 Bus + 1 Driver = a BIG Impact on Education.”
The Chardon Transportation department currently operates 40 vehicles in its fleet and employs a total of 33 staff members, including 26 drivers, five aides and two mechanics. On each school day, Chardon buses drive 1,100 miles in total — spanning 28 routes for the transportation of approximately 1,100 students. This does not factor in mid-day runs for field trips nor after-school extracurricular activities.
School bus safety is the first priority. Ohio law requires motorists to stop clear of the school bus until the bus driver cancels the red lights and the bus begins to move.
To raise bus safety awareness, the Chardon Transportation department posted bus safety rules on the district’s three social media platforms each day of National School Bus Safety Week, sharing both bullet points and diagrams of important reminders for students, their families and motorists.
“While we always need other motorists to also do their part, we equally hold our bus drivers to an utmost high standard of safety in the transportation of students,” said district business affairs supervisor Adam Tomco. “As part of our measures to track safety, the district uses the Samsara safety rating to manage and monitor fleet operations. One monitoring component is a driver and fleet safety rating. Since the start of the 2021-22 school year, our valued team of 33 drivers has had an exceptionally high safety score — 96 out of 100.”
While safety remains the department’s number one priority, in other news the department continues to be impacted by the national bus driver shortage and has been advertising job openings for the department for many months.
For more information about employment opportunities, call Mr. Tomco at 440-285-4069 or visit the Employment page on the district website. Bus safety information can be found on the district’s transportation department webpage.
