DPSCD gives $1M donation to enhance automotive education for Metro Detroit students

These students at Breithaupt Career and Technical Center are acquiring all the necessary skills, including collision repair, dent repair, painting, priming, and sealing.

DETROIT (FOX 2):Some students in Detroit are seeing significant advancements in their careers.

An automotive education program at the Breithaupt Career and Technical Center in Detroit’s public schools is being improved with the support of a $1 million donation.

An automotive education program at the Breithaupt Career and Technical Center in Detroit’s public schools is being improved thanks to a donation from the Joel Landy Foundation to the DPSCD Foundation.

In 2019, career and technical education did not exist in the United States. Since CTE training prepares students for their future careers, almost 85% of high school students have completed some form of it. It’s automotive this time.

Having a lot of options allows you to choose what you want to do and where you want to go, which is in many ways the very essence of a good education. These students at Breithaupt Career and Technical Center are acquiring all the necessary skills, including collision repair, dent repair, painting, priming, and sealing.

I’ve learned a lot from it, including patience and discipline. I’ve learnt so much about vehicles, and it taught me a lot,” student Labib Islam remarked.

attempting to prepare children for real occupations by preparing them for entry-level positions, primarily manual labor.

“The industry is lacking technicians now, so these guys come from various schools over to our program to learn a skill, a craft, a trade,” said Ronald Todd, the instructor.

They have a cutting-edge frame machine and spray booths, according to their instructor, and a $1 million donation from the Joel Landy Foundation to the DPSCD Foundation is currently working to improve this automotive education for 75 pupils.

DPSCD superintendent Dr. Nikolai Vitti stated, “When students leave here, they are re-credentialed to start getting jobs and eventually be fully certified to get jobs in this field.”

These 10th and 12th graders will likely receive their training at Breithaupt’s recently renamed Joel Landy Automotive Training Lab.

In addition to this extra funding, we’ve been informed that many of these students will be able to secure internships that will allow them to gain more real-world experience in the workforce prior to graduation.

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