HCSD replaces Building and Trades program with trade courses and internships

By: Matt Scher, [email protected]

Humboldt, IA – At Monday’s Humboldt Community School District (HCSD) School Board session, the district announced that they would be be replacing the Building and Trades Program and repurpose funding for the program into trade courses and internships at the Humboldt High School.

These courses and internships would be with local businesses and industries. The program had been around for the past 25 years with instructors in house and from Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge.