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San Bernardino County and the San Bernardino Unified School District will partner to help at risk and low-income students develop job skills.
During the next three years, the county will provide the school district with a coordinator from its Workforce Development Board who will arrange “work-based learning opportunities” for those students, according to a statement.
That will be done through partnerships with the county Community College District, the development board and local businesses.
Students will participate in internships, apprenticeships and “job shadowing,” which is observing professionals on the job.
The school district is focusing more on training its roughly 49,000 students through “hands-on learning,” for both college and the workplace, district superintendent Dale Marsden said.
“It is important for all students to be prepared for success in the workforce because most occupations in our diverse and changing economy will require at least some postsecondary training,” Marsden said in the statement.
“This new initiative will prepare students who are in career pathways now for jobs right here in our community and we hope that means more of our graduates will live and work here.”
The development board is a mix of private and public members appointed by the county board of supervisors. Its purpose is to strengthen the job skills among county residents through partnerships with business, education and community organizations, according to the statement.
