Kent’s planned advanced manufacturing center expansion will help better train students for careers

Kent Roosevelt High School pictured in a file photo. Roger Hoover/The Portager

Kent’s planned advanced manufacturing center expansion will help better train students for careers

- Wendy DiAlesandro

Kent schools recently announced receipt of a $2.3 million state grant to expand an advanced manufacturing and innovation center at Theodore Roosevelt High School.

The 3,500-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility will be sited on the north side of Kent’s Roosevelt High School. It will include new classroom space outfitted with computers for each student and will have room for other new equipment that three focused business advisory groups will recommend.

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