Civil Municipal - Oct 2023

263 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 10 GREENBRI ER SCHOOLS Greenbrier Schools understand that college isn’t for everyone, so they have provided alternatives for those inclined to pursue them. However, they also understand that some students still want the traditional path forward, which is why, as Martin explains, they’ve partnered with the University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton to allow students to earn concurrent credit toward an Associate of Arts Degree. “Moving forward,” Martin describes, “with UACCM, [students] will be able to specialize in the type of degree [they are] interested in… it can range from business to communications, to childcare, to something in the medical field.” This emphasis on career and technical education is exactly why Greenbrier is the something that the entire district collectively accomplishes with amazing capability, as evidenced by their recent development of a new mental health department. An Experience Built Around Partnerships and Technology Because leaders like Spainhour understand the many paths students may take, creating an environment that allows them to exercise many choices is extremely important. “Regionally,” Spainhour says, “we just partnered in a pre-engineering program… with Seal Solar out of Little Rock and Johnson Controls [to] put a program together…we built a hands-on mobile lab with our solar partners [where students can] learn and work on solar industry certifications…”