College and Career Readiness Center

History of College and Career Readiness Center, Funding approved August 22, opens August 2023

The College and Career Readiness Center

Brick building with red sign.The Shiawassee RESD College and Career Readiness Center (CCRC) is located near I-69 in Vernon, Michigan. The doors opened in August 2023, following a rehab of Nellie Reed Elementary into a high school career training facility. The CCRC is the result of the RESD CTE Millage being passed on August 2, 2022, which allowed Shiawassee RESD to centralize CTE classes within the county. The Center hosts students from Byron, Corunna, Durand, Laingsburg, Morrice, New Lothrop, Owosso, and Perry.  RESD CTE programs held at CCRC for the 2025-2026 school year include Health Science Academy, Teaching Cadet, Public Safety, Heavy Equipment, and Electrical.  CTE welding classes are held at Baker College in nearby Owosso.

The Community

Having a dedicated, centralized College and Career Readiness Center in Vernon deepens Shiawassee RESD’s ties to the community and increases collaboration with businesses and industry for student learning experiences. Local school superintendents, LEA school boards and the Shiawassee Economic Development Partnership, supported the RESD CTE millage in 2022, as did regional employers and laborers.  Local employers and community members have created and contributed to endowment and flow through funds through the Shiawassee Community Foundation to support continuous improvement and ongoing expansion in RESD CTE programming to ensure that it remains current and innovative.

Future Goals

The goals of the 2022 CTE millage were three-fold: create a centralized CTE location, reduce CTE tuition fees for local districts, and provide program access equity by assisting with student transportation.  Effective with the 2022-2023 school year, district-funded tuition was reduced by 50%. In 2023-2024 the College and Career Readiness Center opening its doors. Assistance with student transportation began in the 2024-2025 school year, and expanded in 2025-2026. 

Additional CTE millage funded accomplishments include:

  • Adding two more hospital beds for Health Science CNA training
  • Replacing the 40-year and 60-year-old boilers
  • Install new fire resistant doors and uniform locks
  • Renting a facility near CCRC, allowing students access to the most up-to-date tools and heavy equipment.

The Shiawassee RESD still has work to do, our goals for the future include:

  • Developing ventilated skilled trades work space for equipment use and demonstration
  • Install additional on-site parking to support event hosting
  • Purchase a bus to transport students to work-based learning events
  • Refurbish the onsite Event Room

And so much more….

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Blue male electrical cord with the words Electrical, CTE, and Shiawassee RESD surrounding the image
Stethoscope surrounded by the words Health Science Academy, CTE, and Shiawassee RESD
Circle with the words Heavy Equipment and Shiawassee RESD within it. There is an outline of a dump truck with CTE on top of the truck.
The scales of justice in black surrounded by the words Public Safety, CTE, and Shiawassee RESD
A book opens to show the learning tree, surrounded by the words Teaching Cadet, CTE, and Shiawassee RESD
Arc welders with Welding overhead and CTE, Shiawassee RESD below.

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