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Re: School Shop Policy

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Originally Posted by Cory
Hey, at least you guys have a shop.

Back home in CA, schools with shops are the exception, not the rule.

In the last 15-20 years they've decided that a hands on, practical approach to learning is not as important as book learning, and have been phasing out shops ever since.
We're very lucky in this respact. Our school too is phasing out hands-on electives (even though those probably prepare you better for the real world). We are using our school's "Construction Technology" classroom (one of the only hands-on classes at school). We can use SOME tools that are in that class, but not all (for example we can't use thier table saw). We do have vertical & horizontal bandsaws, a drill press, a grinder, a cut-off saw, and a mill that we can use, along with assorted hand tools. The general policy is that as long as a mentor is present, you can use the tool, and since we have an abundance of mentors this year, the policy works fine.

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