BOARD AT ODDS OVER MEDICAL TRAINING.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Daily News Staff Writer With one trustee absent, the Mojave school board deadlocked dead·lock n. 1. A standstill resulting from the opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions. 2. Sports A tied score. 3. 2-2 on whether to pay consultants $3,000 to recommend whether medical careers should be added to the regional occupational program. ``I thought it was a good proposal from the standpoint The Standpoint is a newspaper published in the British Virgin Islands. It was originally published under the name Pennysaver, largely as a shopping-coupon promotional newspaper, but since emerged as one of the most influential sources of journalism in the of seeing whether our curriculum is providing the right kind of career opportunities for the graduates,'' said Rita Kellas, who voted with board member Annette Edblad in favor of upon the side of; favorable to; for the advantage of. See also: favor the expenditure. ``I thought it was a good use of funds.'' Board members Connie Biehl and Tom Pear, who voted against the plan, did not return phone calls Wednesday. Board member Wayne Dickerson was absent from the meeting. Educational Services Assistant Superintendent Assistant Superintendent, or Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), was a rank used by police forces in the British Empire. It was usually the lowest rank that could be held by a European officer, most of whom joined the police at this rank. Penelope Swenson said the item could be brought back at a future meeting. Under a health careers program, students could learn billing procedures or train to be a nursing assistant or an orderly. ``It's to better serve our students in terms of getting them the kind of training that they can be employed in,'' Mojave High School Principal Bill McDermott said before the meeting. ``You want a program to make sense in terms of employment possibilities in your area. You don't want training to make surfboards.'' If the board decides to offer health careers classes, the district may have to eliminate one of its occupational programs - welding welding, process for joining separate pieces of metal in a continuous metallic bond. Cold-pressure welding is accomplished by the application of high pressure at room temperature; forge welding (forging) is done by means of hammering, with the addition of heat. , auto repair, word processing word processing, use of a computer program or a dedicated hardware and software package to write, edit, format, and print a document. Text is most commonly entered using a keyboard similar to a typewriter's, although handwritten input (see pen-based computer) and or criminal justice, officials said. The review team is made up of administrators of other regional occupational programs in Kern Kern, river, 155 mi (249 km) long, rising in the S Sierra Nevada Mts., E Calif., and flowing south, then southwest to a reservoir in the extreme southern part of the San Joaquin valley. The river has Isabella Dam as its chief facility. County and from around the state, officials said. The review team would evaluate whether the district's program is serving the district's students and preparing them for local employment. ``They will also help us determine the kinds of training and kinds of jobs that are indigenous to this area,'' McDermott said. McDermott said several agencies that help place young people in jobs have indicated there is a need for people with skills in the health care field. |
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