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Beginning next school year, all freshmen at three Albuquerque Public Schools will have their courses tailored to a potential career path they select as the district implements a new program to prepare students for life after high school.

The initiative will launch a concept called 鈥淐areer Academies鈥� at Manzano, Cibola and Highland high schools. APS plans to eventually expand the initiative to all the district鈥檚 major high schools to help students decide on a focused career path. It is 鈥渨orking with business and industry in Albuquerque to determine career pathways,鈥� according to information on the district鈥檚 website.

The move comes as part of a broader effort to improve student outcomes and increase college readiness for the largest district in a state that regularly ranks last in the country for education. Some 30.2% of the population above 25 years old has a bachelor鈥檚 degree or higher, according to U.S. Census data.

The career academies were announced Wednesday morning by APS Superintendent Gabriella Blakey to a ballroom full of business leaders and a handful of elected officials at an Economic Forum of Albuquerque event.

鈥淚t鈥檚 very hit-and-miss with our students who are engaged in their learning and our students who are disengaged, and really we need to look at how we can re-engage our students,鈥� Blakey said.

The three schools were selected because they have 鈥渨ell-established school climates and cultures of support and collaboration,鈥� according to APS spokesperson Phill Casaus.

鈥淲e will work with all our comprehensive high schools to look at workforce data trends and needs in Albuquerque and determine next steps for implementing the full academy model at their schools,鈥� Casaus wrote in a statement. 鈥淵ou can expect more schools to be incorporated in 2026-27, though at this early juncture it鈥檚 premature to say which ones.鈥�

In 2023, the APS Board of Education adopted four goals to improve student outcomes based on community feedback. One of those goals was post-secondary readiness, and Blakey believes the academies can help make that goal attainable.

鈥淗aving a strategy like this on how to make school relevant for students, how they鈥檙e learning perseverance, how they鈥檙e learning to change their mindset of what it means to work hard, is really important,鈥� Blakey said.

During Wednesday鈥檚 event, one of the APS board members expressed her support for the initiative.

鈥淲e have given a task to Gabriella (Blakey) as far as setting our goals, we鈥檝e given her the task to now implement,鈥� said Courtney Jackson, vice president for the APS board and executive assistant for the Economic Forum of Albuquerque. 鈥淚 think she recognizes that things weren鈥檛 going very well, and for her to have made these strategic changes, structural changes within Albuquerque Public Schools so quickly has been a testament to her ability to rally the troops, to rally the community.鈥�

近距离内射合集 Way will partner with APS and serve as both a convening and fiscal partner in implementing the academies, according to Rodney Prunty, president and CEO of its North Central New Mexico chapter. He told the Journal on Wednesday afternoon that the organization is aiming to raise $500,000 over the next five years to get the initiative started.

鈥淓very single student will have an opportunity to engage in this particular model,鈥� Prunty said to the room of business leaders, seeking sponsors for the initiative. 鈥淪o it鈥檚 not specific to a group of students, but for every single student at every single high school.鈥�