Indianapolis – Today, Governor Mike Pence and First Lady Karen Pence welcomed students from the Area 31 Career Center at Ben Davis High School to the Governor’s Residence to collect wood pieces for use in their vocational courses. Recently, the Governor’s Residence lost a large cherry tree limb due to storm damage. In light of the Governor’s ongoing efforts to make career and vocational education a priority in Indiana high schools, the Governor and First Lady saw an opportunity to give back to local career centers by donating wood pieces from the fallen tree limb.
The Area 31 Career Center at Ben Davis High School partnered with Indianapolis-based Wood-Mizer to prepare the donated wood from logs with bark to rough cut lumber. The wood will take up to two years to dry. Once the rough cut lumber is dry, the career center will use their lab equipment to plane the boards into smooth flat boards. Through this process, career center students will examine the life cycle of materials and resources by learning about the manufacturing processes used to turn raw material into rough cut lumber.
Each year, the Area 31 Career Center at Ben Davis High School prepares more than 1,200 students from 11 different school districts for college and careers.
Mike Pence is a real American. Too bad he is not on the top of the ticket.
According to the polls it’s going to take more than a donation of some wood to a high school in Indy to help your “real American.” http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/?ex_cid=rrpromo#now
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