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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

CIT Plans Property Buy for Student-Built Homes, NASD Gives OK

Each of the five districts that send students to the Career Institute of Technology must approve a plan to purchase three building lots to be used for student-built housing projects.

The Nazareth School Board on Monday approved a plan for the Career Institute of Technology (CIT) to buy three building lots in Forks Township to be used for student-built housing projects. Each of the five districts that send students to CIT -- Nazareth, Bangor, Pen Argyl, Wilson and Easton -- must approve the plan. The $186,000 purchase price will be divided among the five districts, with the amount each district pays based on enrollment, said Chris Audenried, a member of both the Nazareth School Board and the CIT Operating Committee. The CIT student-built housing program, which provides hands-on experience for technical education students in fields such as carpentry, plumbing and masonry, had been jeopardized by a lack of available …

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

CIT Unveils Solar Project

Panels will provide educational opportunities and energy savings, say educators.

The Career Institute of Technology is going solar. The Forks Township technical school unveiled a set of solar panels Tuesday that educators say will save money and energy, and provide students with skills to someday become "green collar" workers. "We're really ushering in a new era here at CIT," Ronald Roth, the institute's director, told a group of students, teachers, and local educational officials. He stood in front a row of the panels, which will provide about 18 percent of the school's energy needs. They'll also save the school $640,000 in electrical costs over the next 20 years. "We use a lot of energy," Roth said, "and as a public school, we have a responsibilty to find ways to do more with less. Somewhere, someone is burning less …

Chris Miller

7:59 am on Thursday, October 6, 2011

The destiny of this sillines is the junkyard of history. When the panels begin to fail in 15 years and we have to replace them the installing company will be long gone   more ›

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