OVUHS to offer exploratory welding class

The Otter Valley Unified Union School District recently received a $114,000 grant funded entirely by the Vermont Department of Labor to enhance hands-on student career exploration opportunities with an introductory welding course.

VERMONT — During her sophomore year in college, then 18-year-old Rebecca Nase Chomyn showed up to her first welding class in a skirt and flip flops. That was the day they were doing a demo of plasma cutting. “Basically you’re shooting fire toward the grou … (read more)