Education

Walk-Thru and Done: 140 CTEC Students Receive Completion Certificates at In-And-Out Affair

ST. CROIX — The St. Croix Career and Technical Education Center (CTEC) on Monday rewarded 140 students with certificates of completion in a variety of disciplines, with this year's cohort including members from the St. Croix Educational Complex, the St. Croix Central High School and post-graduate students. The event took place in an open area at the CTEC facility located at the St. Croix Educational Complex, and saw parents and loved ones accompanying graduates in a walk-thru affair that was over in under an hour. This year the Dept. of Education is foregoing in-person, seated graduation ceremonies, pointing to Covid-19 as the reason. The stance has frustrated seniors from the territory's public high schools, and has evolved into a crisis for the Bryan administration, though Mr. Bryan on Monday vowed to stick with his administration's current plans. For the CTEC walk-thru, parents/guardians walked with the respective graduates for about 25ft, then separated so the students could coll...