Tallahassee State College and Lively Technical College aren’t going to merge their operations after all. But some changes remain likely.
A new structure for the workforce programs has been under discussion for years. Recently, a task force studied the question, and its members split 6-4 on whether to merge.
The Leon School District oversees Lively. Ultimately, Superintendent Rocky Hanna decided Lively has its own place in the community.
“When we talk about true blue-collar jobs and blue-collar skills and people that work and they get their hands dirty or their hands bloody, whether it’s an auto mechanic or HVAC repairman … an electrician or a plumber or a barber -- those really bare-bones skills are what Lively’s built on,” Hanna said.
Hanna says he’ll ask the school board members to help create an advisory board for Lively. Its function would be to provide more oversight to Lively and help ensure that its programs are aligned to the job needs of the local community.
