February 7, 2020
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with his auto-mechanic dad,
Dusty, to check out the facil-
ity.
“I’m excited for it,” Dwayne
said. “I really like them offer-
ing this type of education. It
opens up careers.”
He’s thinking about auto-
motive technology or met-
al-working.
Hayleigh Anglin, a sopho-
more in the high school’s fish-
eries program, wanted to see
what all the fuss was about.
“It’s amazing,” she said. “I
knew it would come out re-
ally good, but this blows my
mind.”
Sophomore Nathan Strei-
beck is enrolled in an auto
class and loves the new build-
ing. “I was taking apart an en-
Left: Josh Jannusch thanks community members for their input. Middle: Automotive/welding teacher James Veverka, left, talks with a
car club member. Right: Posters and 3-D print projects made by graphic design students.
gine over there.”
Members of Lower Colum-
bia Classics Car Club came
out in force to tour the new
building. Club members have
sponsored a student club for
years and helped develop and
support the curriculum at the
high school and Clatsop Com-
munity College.
“Our kids need it,” club
member Judy Jordan said.
“Not everybody is wanting to
go to college.”
Josh Jannusch, assistant
principal and the North Coast
coordinator for STEM (sci-
ence, technology, engineering
and math), wrote a propos-
al that won a $436,000 state
grant in late 2017, allowing
the school district to build the
CTE center.
He thanked all the business-
es, groups and individuals
who made it possible.
Among them: Retired Su-
perintendent Mark Jeffery,
for his vision; R&M Steel of
Caldwell, Idaho, which donat-
ed the building’s $76,000 steel
shell; Mark Baldwin Construc-
tion, the local contractor who
worked with the district on a
tight timeline; and companies
that donated money, labor and
new equipment.
“The community’s passion
for WHS is very, very strong,”
Jannusch said. “I hope this is
proof that your money is well
spent. We’ve been able to fur-
nish the entire shop with do-
nations.”
The new building allows the
school to offer or expand au-
tomotive, welding, graphic
design and natural resource
classes, such as fisheries.
More will be added as the pro-
gram grows.
“We hope to be able to thank
you with a workforce ready
to meet your needs,” Jannus-
ch told the crowd. “I feel that
we’re on the absolute right
path.
“We’re changing Warrenton
High School history tonight.
We’re changing graduation
requirements (so) students
have to take a CTE class.”
Superintendent Tom Rogo-
zinski brought school board
members to the front and
gave them bowls made by art
students.
“No good work gets done
without the school board
having the same vision,” he
said. “We have a very invested
school board.”