Local industry leader Ron Marshall, CEO of Helgesen Industries will lead the Vote Yes committee consisting of Executive Director, Warner Wolpert, and members of the Hartford Area Development Corporation. Often referred to as the co-op program, this initiative allows students to work in a chosen career field before graduation from high school. Second semester Junior and first-semester Senior students apply and are interviewed for the program. Students must work in a chosen career field, must have taken course work related to the field and meet grade point and credit towards graduation requirements before admission. Upon acceptance in the program, the student will work from less than 5 to over 20 hours per week in a paid or voluntary job.
Students receive high school credit dependent upon the number of hours worked.
The employer and supervising teacher evaluate students every 6 weeks. For the 2000- 2001 school year Slinger High School has 35 first semester participants. This program will replace the Internship program and allow students to receive a DPI certificate for their participation in the work experience program. In Spring 2000, Slinger had two graduates from the apprenticeship program. One student participated in the program working at Serigraph and the other at Quad Graphics.