Vantage Career Center Superintendent Staci Kaufman testifies to a joint Ohio Senate and Ohio House committee meeting at Apollo Career Center in Lima on Tuesday.

A joint meeting of the Senate Workforce and Economic Development Committee and the House Manufacturing and Workforce Development Committee was held at Apollo Career Center in Lima. Ten people were chosen to give testimony to the lawmakers — five representing Apollo and five representing Vantage.

“What they wanted to hear were success stories,” related Vantage Superintendent Staci Kaufman before the event. “They wanted to know how things are working.”
Fortunately, both Vantage and Apollo have plenty of success stories from which to choose. Precision machining teacher Larry Ray shared the story of one of his students who was cut off from family support but was able to complete her education and get a job because of the skills she learned at Vantage.

“I would hate to think what would have happened if she had not come to Vantage Career Center,” Ray summarized.