{"id":450491,"date":"2026-09-28T22:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T22:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/450491\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T22:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T22:20:07","slug":"lubbock-isd-texas-tech-and-south-plains-college-launch-p-tech-program-at-coronado-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/450491\/","title":{"rendered":"Lubbock ISD, Texas Tech, and South Plains College launch P-TECH program at Coronado High School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Lubbock ISD is partnering with regional higher education and industry leaders to bring a new career- and college-preparatory program to Coronado High School.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The district announced the launch of Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH), a collaborative initiative alongside South Plains College, Texas Tech University, and local industry partners. Designed to bridge the gap between classroom instruction and workforce demands, the program lets students begin career preparation in ninth grade.<\/p>\n<p>Program Highlights:No-Cost Credentials: Students can earn industry certifications, Level 1 or 2 certificates, or an associate degree alongside their high school diploma at no cost to families.High-Demand Career Fields: Coursework focuses on fast-growing sectors, including STEM, computer science, and healthcare.Hands-On Experience: Students gain direct work-based learning opportunities and mentorship with industry partners at every grade level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">District and higher-education leaders\u2014including Lubbock ISD Superintendent Dr. Kathy Rollo, Coronado Principal Chris Huber, South Plains College President Dr. Robin Satterwhite, and Texas Tech President Dr. Lawrence Schovanec\u2014will formally announce the partnership during a press conference on Oct. 1 at Coronado High School.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Lubbock ISD is partnering with regional higher education and industry leaders to bring a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450492,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[132062,168,170,9865,169,70565,154949,17112,7470,873],"class_list":["post-450491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-coronado-high-school","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-isd","tag-lubbock-news","tag-p-tech","tag-sertifications","tag-south-plains-college","tag-stem","tag-texas-tech-university"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}