Cecil County Public Schools opened its new School of Technology in August 2015. The school is located at 912 Appleton Rd in Elkton, MD. Blog post: http://perryvilleparent.com/2015/11/16/new-school-of-technology-opens-opportunities-for-cecil-students/ If you’ve followed Cecil County news for any amount of time, you’ve surely read a few stories about the new Cecil County School of Technology. For a while, many of those stories were about the contentious debate over purchasing the former Bassell property on Appleton Rd. in Elkton. As the renovation project neared completion, the storylines were about the final students attending the old North East location or anticipating the arrival of the new school’s first students in August. In the last few weeks, we’ve read about the ribbon cutting celebrating the official opening of the school and the open house for county sophomores considering technology education for their junior year. New School of Technology was a Long Time Coming The story of the School of Technology began more than a decade ago when Cecil County Public Schools identified the need to replace the building housing its technology education programs. Initially planned as a “comprehensive high school” where students would spend their whole day, the project was eventually scaled back to the format Cecil County has been using where students start their days at their home school for a few classes like English and are then bused to the technical school for the rest of their classes. Once the property purchase was final and the county’s commitment to fund the project was secured in 2013, renovations moved quickly. Despite what others may say loudly and repeatedly, CCPS continues to be resourceful and demonstrated exceptional “out of the box” thinking on this project as they envisioned a building that once housed laboratories being fitted out for technical education. By re-purposing an existing building and using as much of its existing infrastructure a possible, they completed the project at a cost of $68 per square foot. To put that into perspective, the Dorchester County Career and Technology Center cost $247 per square foot when it was built in 2008. More Space=More Students Served The new School of Technology facility will allow enrollment to swell to twice its current size when the new class arrives on campus this winter. Those arriving students will have the opportunity to participate in new programs like interactive media productions, criminal justice and homeland security, and computer networking and other new programs are planned for future expansion.

1. Cecil County
School of Technology

2. 912 Appleton Rd.

3. 2005 ● Initial comprehensive educational specification
developed
2007 ● Design of new comprehensive technical high school
2008 ● Project on hold due to lack of funding and enrollment
2013 ● Acquisition of property
● Initial educational specification modified and adapted
● Project approved and funded
2014 ● Renovations
2015 ● School opens
Timeline

4. 2014 purchase price
$8.25 million
2005 asking price
$21.00 million
Vacated in 2006
90.4 acres, 151,000 square feet

5. Project Budget

6. How did this cost compare to
similar projects?

7. Comparison:
Dorchester County
Career & Technology Center
Completed in 2008

8. Cost per Square Foot
*2008

9. Space
*2008

10. That’s ⅓ the cost for
almost 2x the space.

11. A peek inside
the new CCST
It’s quite a
transformation.

12. Transformations:
Cosmetology

13. Old School of Technology

14. Pre-Renovation

15. New School of Technology

16. Transformations:
Welding

17. Old School of Technology

18. Pre-Renovation

19. New School of Technology

20. Transformations:
Culinary Arts

21. Old School of Technology

22. Pre-Renovation

23. New School of Technology

24. Transformations:
Automotive

25. Old School of Technology

26. Pre-Renovation

27. New School of Technology

28. These are just some of
the renovations at CCST.

29. More Space
More Students Served

30. CCST Enrollment

31. Current Programs
Maryland State Department of Education
Career Technology Education

32. • Allied Health
• Automotive Technology
• Computer Electronics
• Construction Trades -
Carpentry
• Cosmetology
• Culinary Arts
• Electrical Trades
▪Fire Science / Emergency
Medical Services
▪Heavy Industrial
Maintenance
▪Natural Resources
▪Welding & Metals
Technology

33. New Programs Beginning in January
Maryland State Department of Education
Career Technology Education

34. • Academy of Health Professions -
▫ Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
▫ Geriatric Nursing Assistant (GMA)
▫ Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA)
• American Culinary Federation
• Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education
(CASE)

35. • Homeland Security & Emergency
Preparedness - Criminal Justice/Law
Enforcement
• Interactive Media Productions
• Information Technology Networking
Academy (CISCO)
• Project Lead The Way—Biomedical
Sciences

36. Future Programs
Maryland State Department of Education
Career Technology Education

37. • Manufacturing Engineering Technology - National
Institute of Metalworking Skills Program (NIMS)
• Medium/Heavy Truck Technician (Diesel)
• Teacher Academy of Maryland (TAM)

38. Local Programs

39. Student Transition &
Employability Program (STEP)
• Instructional program to support
students with special needs
• Teaches workforce skills and
encourages self-sufficiency

40. Applied Trades Academy
• New this year
• For incoming freshman identified as
at-risk of not graduating
• Already seeing improvements in
attendance and grades

41. Other Benefits of CCST Campus
▪ Economic development with County
▪ Long-term lease with farm museum
▪ Space for future comprehensive high school

42. ▪3rd solar array installed by CCPS
▪80% of the power for CCST and 5
other schools
▫Estimated savings over 20 years?
▫$2 million
Solar Investment at CCST

43. Cecil County School of Technology
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44. CREDITS
Special thanks to all the people who made and released these awesome
resources for free:
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▪ Photographs by CCPS
▪ Presentation design © 2015 Frances K. Bowman