Three former Luxemburg-Casco students celebrated their signing day on Friday, and it was not so they could play a collegiate sport. Class of 2024 Graduates Maggie Fett, Logan Otto, and Tanner Veeser were three of the 14 apprentices celebrated for signing with UA Local 400 to continue the next step of their apprenticeships in the pipe trades. Plumbing apprentice Tanner Veeser (Tweet Garot) and welding apprentices Maggie Fett (Hurckman Mechanical) and Logan Otto (EGI Mechanical) all started their career path as students at Luxemburg-Casco, which boasts the highest youth apprenticeship participation rate in the state. Putting students in a better professional and financial place when they graduate from Luxemburg-Casco has long been the goal of Director of Learning Services Mike Snowberry. He takes great pride in reconnecting with students who found their passion, discovered the best path forward, and are now thriving because of it.
Snowberry adds that the district's participation rate remains high thanks to the youth apprenticeship program’s success stories and the support of community businesses.
Veeser, Fett, and Otto are entering not just high-paying jobs but high-demand ones, too. Due to a rise in retirements and industry growth, there is expected to be a shortage of 360,000 welders and 550,000 plumbers by 2027.