OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. — The Okaloosa County School District and “Space Florida” are teaming up to connect students with careers in the aerospace industry.
The school district and Space Florida announced the partnership on Wednesday during the 9th Annual Technology Coast Manufacturing & Engineering Network (TeCMEN) Industry Day.
Starting in the fall, high school students will be able to participate in career tech classes with Space Florida, which is an aerospace finance, development, and spaceport authority that offers an academy program to students.
Currently, 42 school districts have them.
Okaloosa Superintendent Marcus Chambers says he’s excited for students to get exposure to new skills that will help them with their future careers.
“It’s good for this area because of all the different programs they have here in the military, in the private sector,” Chambers said. “But to have our students to have the ability to partner with this, is just huge for our school district.”
Some opportunities for classes the students will be able to partake in include welding and artificial intelligence machine learning.