After 100 years, Fox Valley Technical College still teaching essential skills. (Oshkosh Northwestern, 9/3/2011)
Excerpt: The school that would eventually become FVTC was created after legislation was passed in 1911 required all communities with more than 5,000 residents to establish continuation schools. These schools were started for boys and girls between the ages of 14 and 16 that had quit school in order to go work, but needed to learn the skills needed to succeed in the work force. The continuation school that opened in downtown Oshkosh in 1911 was the first to open its doors in the region.
While it's no longer known as a continuation school, FVTC continues to do the same thing it started out doing 100 years ago: Giving students the skills employers are looking as they enter the workforce.
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