Our Mission Statement

The mission of the Washington County Career Center is to prepare all career-bound students for life-long learning through quality academic education and technical literacy.

 

Our Vision Statement

Inspiring and empowering all to dream, believe and achieve.

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The Career Center Way

• Be Ready

• Be Respectful

• Be Responsible

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Code of Respect

As a member of the Career Center community:

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• I greet others with friendliness and kindness

• I take responsibility for my own actions and how they affect the people and environment around me

• I am truthful and honest to myself and others in all that I say and do

• I treat all persons as I would like them to treat me

• I recognize that each person is different and has an individual contribution to make to the Career Center community

 

Equal Opportunity

​The Washington County Joint Vocational School District Board does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation or transgender), disability, age (except as authorized by law), religion, military status, ancestry, or genetic information (collectively, "Protected Clases") in employment or the provision of services in its educational programs or activities.

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Our History

In 1963, the Ohio State Legislature passed the Vocational Education Act (3313.90  Ohio Revised Code) which required each school district in Ohio to offer vocational education to all students.  As a result, school officials and community leaders combined efforts to form the Washington County Career Center.

 

With the assistance of the Ohio Division of Vocational Education, lay committees, including representatives of industry, business, school, and other interest groups, studied the need for vocational education in the county.  They surveyed the needs and interest of industry, high school youth, and employers.

 

The school districts of Belpre, Fort Frye, Marietta, Warren, and Wolf Creek organized a Joint Vocational School District which the Ohio State Board of Education approved in March 1967.  The new Vocational Board of Education with the help of local, state, federal, Appalachian Regional Commission funds, and staff time from the participating school districts, began to develop a program for the county.  But in the November 1967 election, the electorate turned down a bond issue for the construction and an operating levy.

 

The Frontier Local School District soon became a part of the joint vocational district making all districts in the county participants.  The voters then approved a $1,520,000 bond issue in November, 1969, and a ½ -mill operating levy in December.  While still under construction, the school opened its door to students in the fall of 1972 and was dedicated the following spring.

 

The voters of Washington County approved an additional 1-mill operating levy in November, 1973 and a ½-mill operating levy in November, 1980. The school is currently operating on 1.8-mills, which is one of the lowest millage rates of all the vocational school districts in Ohio.

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