First Lady Jill Biden visited Rolling Meadows High School and Aon in Chicago for National Apprenticeship Week.
The first lady came to check out the high school's successful engineering and manufacturing pathways program.Joined by secretaries of commerce, labor and education, Biden came to Chicago to launch a new program called "Raising the Bar: Unlocking Career Success." The administration is investing federal funds to expand high school career programs and apprenticeships.
Biden's visit included a downtown trip to Aon. The company joined 77 others in Chicago that are offering apprenticeships to community college students. Still, Biden said the pipeline to manufacturing, automotive and cyber services jobs all begins in high school, adding that the Rolling Meadows program is a prime example."Here at 214, we had a lot of different pathways to career ready classes kids can take," said Anthony Genovese, a Rolling Meadows High School teacher.
"Her coming in validates our work, like, wow, we did take home something that is worthy of them to come here and see what we are all about," said Ethan Salibio, a student.
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