Vocational students in Boerne ISD have a new program to take advantage of, offering 12th-grade students the opportunity to learn entrepreneurial and leadership skills before graduation.

Straight to Trades Ownership is a unique program founded in Boerne ISD designed to weld the relationship between trades and business ownership.

The overview

Started at the end of October, the program takes students through an 11-week business curriculum led by Andrew Flippo, executive director of the Hope Builds Life nonprofit, which promotes local businesses.

Flippo said this is a pilot program for the organization, which has been in development over the last year.

“We wanted to go to the high school level to teach some of the high-level skills in building a business, then go into some of the soft s

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