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This article was originally published on TAPinto Scotch Plains/Fanwood on Feb. 17, 2019 SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ — New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney visited the Union County Vo-Tech campus on [ Read More: From TAPinto Scotch Plains: NJ Senate President Tours ‘Maker Space’ at Union County Vo-Tech’s Magnet High School ]

Scotch Plains – Senate President Steve Sweeney touted the critical importance of the vocational-technical education bond act approved by voters last November in spurring economic growth, creating access to high-paying [ Read More: Sweeney Touts Critical Importance of Vo-Tech Bonds to State’s Economic Growth ]

International corporations, local businesses, regional health care systems, the carpenters union, the U.S. Army and even an ice sculptor are among the organizations and individuals honored as 2017 business partners [ Read More: Business Partners Honored by County Vocational Technical Schools ]

SCOTCH PLAINS — Walk into Union County Magnet High School in Scotch Plains and one of the first rooms you see off the lobby is the new “maker space.” The [ Read More: From NJ.com: N.J.’s hardest-to-get-into high schools ]

Five of the top ten high schools in New Jersey are county vocational-technical schools, according to US News & World Report’s 2017 America’s Best High Schools survey, released on April [ Read More: 27 NJ county vocational-technical schools named to US News & World Report’s Best High Schools list ]

High-tech companies, local businesses, government agencies and even a beekeeper are among the 2016 Business Partners of the Year honored by New Jersey’s 21 county vocational-technical school districts this month. [ Read More: Business Partners of the Year Honored by County Vocational-Technical Schools ]

The Academy for Performing Arts (APA) at Union County Vocational & Technical Schools has been selected as a 2016 Blue Ribbon School by the US Department of Education. APA is [ Read More: National Blue Ribbon School award for UCVTS Academy for Performing Arts ]

  Eleven teams of culinary arts students from New Jersey county vocational-technical high schools displayed their extraordinary talents and skills at the New Jersey Association of Counties (NJAC) Cook-Off Challenge [ Read More: Culinary students wow officials at NJAC cook-off ]