EXCERPT: “For Montevideo Public School Superintendent Wade McKittrick, creating a medical academy in the Montevideo High School filled a need on two fronts for the rural Minnesota community – the students’ and the community’s. Montevideo Medical Academy provides high-school students with medical training to give them a leg up when it comes to getting jobs. For rural hospitals and healthcare providers in the area, it provides a pipeline of talent from which to choose. And, McKittrick said, it provides an incentive to keep young people in the small town, which has just over 5,000 residents and is located in the western part of the state. In its first year, the program had 25 students. Combined, those students earned 170 college credits, 55 certifications, and 304 hours of clinical experience.” FULL STORY: https://fluence-media.co/4e3fITT
