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DeBroeck to direct Southeast Area Technical Skills Center

DeBroeck to direct Southeast Area Technical Skills Center

Walla Walla High School Technology teacher Dennis DeBroeck has been named the Director of the Southeast Area Technical Skills Center which is scheduled to open in the Fall of 2014.

DeBroeck will also teach the Digital Media Technology program at the SEA-Tech Skills Center. He will continue teaching technology classes full-time at Walla Walla High School during the 2013-2014 school year while also providing planning support for the SEA-Tech Skills Center. DeBroeck will work full-time at the SEA-Tech Skills Center once it opens. DeBroeck has been employed by Walla Walla since 1994.

“I am incredibly excited to have Dennis DeBroeck heading up the new SEA-Tech Skills Center,” Superintendent Mick Miller said. “He is a kid magnet. Also, Dennis has a vision as to how a rural skills center can be successful and he is the person to lead us.”

The Washington state legislature approved a total of $11,519,000 to fund the design development, construction and equipment for the Southeast Area Technical Skills Center in Walla Walla during the 2011-13 biennium for the 36,000 square feet facility located on the Walla Walla Community College campus, off of Isaacs Ave.

WWCC is leasing the land to Walla Walla Public Schools for $1 per year. The district’s matching portion of the project cost is the value of the lease over 30 years. The state funded the remaining portion of the project. This funding allowed the district to break ground on the project March 2013.

Leone and Keeble, Inc. is the project contractor. The skills center will initially offer digital media technology, welding, renewable resources and health occupation programs. The SEA-Tech Skills Center will be a branch campus of the Kennewick School District’s Tri-Tech Skills Center. Partner districts: Dayton, Waitsburg, Touchet, Prescott, and College Place.

 

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