Spokane public school students may in coming years have the opportunity to spend their entire four years learning how to weld sheet metal or suture a laceration instead of studying Shakespeare, which school officials believe will in many cases better meet their personal learning needs and fast track them into a well-paying career out of school.

A proposed trades high school would operate out of Spokane Community College and run in partnership with Spokane Public Schools, providing students with hands-on learning and mentorship from current industry professionals while still meeting all of their state-mandated standards for basic education. The school would provide training pathways for construction, manufacturing and health care.

It is one of the school district’s marquee proposals for a

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