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CCSD Superintendent speaks with SECTA student David Palomares about his school & future.
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So tell me.
Tell me about you.
About your.
Your experience here at SECTA and what program looks like you're in the automotive program.
Yeah, so I'm actually in the automotive program.
I would say it's a good school.
It's a good school.
It's a great school.
It's a great school.
I mean, we were ready to talk back to school.
Yeah, you were.
I I'm honored.
It's an honor to be here.
We have a great team.
we have great staff.
We have great salaries.
I mean, it's.
It's a great learning place.
when you live here, what are you going to do with automotive?
And what do you want to do next?
To be honest, I. I want to.
I want to go to the airport.
Yeah, that's great.
I want to learn more about airplanes.
I. I like to see them.
I mean, I love cars.
I want to continue working on cars.
So that's I something just.
I just like seeing something that I worked on that moves and works.
Yeah.
It's an accomplishment I like and I feel like I want to be able to go to the airport so that I can expand.
I can go to school in.
I get a lot of I get a lot of benefits with one of the airports.
Absolutely.
I'm I want to stay in auto.
I want to.
So I feel like I I'm pretty sure I'll be able to balance it out cause like right now, I play sports.
I have school, I have a lot of things.
I have home, like I have a lot of things going on.
And I feel like with me being able to just do it now at this age, I feel like when I get older I'll be able to figure out work and time.
Well, I know where you are as a high school senior, so you're you're not only in the automotive program learning about cars.
I can change the oil in my car.
I know how to do that.
I learned a long time ago.
Right?
Basically.
Exactly.
But but but here's what you're what what I'm hearing.
What I'm seeing at this phenomenal school is that not only the academics that are being taken care of, but the hands on the the skills.
And now you want to take it and serve our country.
And you could always you know, those are all transferable and those are things that, you know, I your parents must be so proud.
Yeah.
So my mom and my so I don't have a father.
So I feel like I've been raised in the sense of be proud to be proud of everything that you do.
And so that's when, like you say, that you're it feels like it's great to be able to go and serve my country.
I feel like it'll be a great thing.
I feel like I'll be able to come out.
I'll be honored by a lot of people.
A lot of people look at you like, you know, you're able to put your life on the line here.
I absolutely I tell you a little bit of story.
My middle son graduated high school.
A welding.
okay.
He's now in the Army.
He's working on helicopter maintenance.
So it just reminds me of of, you know, he took advantage like you are so very proud.
Thank you for serving our country.
I can tell you that I'm a middle child, so it's just the same.
The similarities.
Absolutely.
So.
Well, congratulate Patience.
Tell your mom that she's done good.
Think she's done good.
So.
Yeah.
So good luck.
I appreciate you.
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