Branch Area Career Center

Branch Area Careers Center is a public school offering Career and Technical Training for High School students in Coldwater Michigan the county seat of Branch County. It is an extension of Coldwater, Bronson, Quincy, Union City, and Colon High Schools. As well as Pansophia and CASL Academy's. Branch Area Careers Center offers programs not offered in traditional schools. The facility has been running continuously since it was dedicated in 1974, helping thousands of students graduate with a head start in their field of study.[1]

Branch Area Careers Center
Address
366 Morse Street

Coldwater
,
Michigan
49036

United States
Coordinates41°57′02″N 84°59′39″W
Information
Founded1974
SuperintendentDustin Scharer
PrincipalMike Rasmussen
Grades11–12
Enrollment500 (estimate)
Websitebranch-isd.org/bacc/

Facility

The school is housed in a 77,600-square-foot (7,210 m2) building on Morse Street in Coldwater Michigan. It was built at a cost of 2.8 million dollars or $30 per square foot. A county wide millage was approved by voters in 1971 to pay for the original facility and operating costs every year after.[2]

Courses offered
  • Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
  • Autobody and Custom Paint
  • Automotive Technologies
  • Business Management, Marketing, & Technology
  • Cad-Cam Engineering & Architecture
  • Computer and Networking (IT)
  • Construction Trades
  • Criminal Justice / Law Enforcement
  • Culinary Arts
  • Education Professionals
  • Electrical & Automation Engineering Technology
  • Health Science
  • Welding Engineering Technologies

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Participating Schools

Organizations

Students at the Branch Area Career Center belong to several organizations based on their course study. Each organization offers competitions and activities these competitions happen on several different levels including local, regional, state and national. These organizations include:

References
  1. June 7, 2010. Archived July 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Coldwater Daily Reporter March 28, 1974 Dedication Issue page 2.
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