Gary Mitchhart has been teaching the automotive repair program for 10 years at Valley Forge High School in Parma Heights, Ohio. When the students finish the program, they are ASE certified and ready to enter the job market.
From the Cleveland.com website:
The Automotive Repair program at Valley Forge High School is the oldest vocation program in the Parma City School District.
Instructor Gary Mitchhart has been teaching the program for 10 years, and he has anywhere from 35 to 50 juniors and seniors in the program at any time.
“Most of the kids don’t have any rudimentary knowledge of cars or engines or how to fix them when they first start the program,” Mitchhart said. “When they’re finished with the class, they can work on brakes, suspension, do a tune-up amongst other basic car maintenance.”
By the time they finish the program, the students will be certified in the Automotive Service Excellence program. Mitchhart boasts a 100 percent passage rate amongst his students. Many of them will get a job in automotive repair right out of high school.
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