We changed the curriculum entirely to technology education. That changed the whole concept of how drafting was done. Whoever makes the rules for SOL's has apparently made the assumption that the only way to learn math, science, social studies and English is to take a math, science, social studies or English course. That is not correct. That is not the way people learn.
People learn by application.
All of vocational education was created to take those academics and teach somebody how to use them. The more academics they have, the less time there is to teach the hands-on piece. They should be working together, but I don't see that. It might be in some areas, but I don't see it in the majority of areas. Fulcer learned the relationship between academic and vocational education early on.