MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — A $15 million project in Butler County will soon be one of the first aviation-specific, public-school facilities in the region as part of Butler Tech's aviation program.

The program began in 2019, teaching high school juniors and seniors skills for three types of aviation careers.

“We have three different pathways for the students currently. We have a pilot pathway … our second pathway is the aircraft maintenance pathway … and then the third pathway is engineering," said Butler Tech aviation instructor Richard Packer.

Since the program’s inception, there's been a rise in interest from students.

Aviation program expansion provides opportunities for more students

“This is a program that Butler Tech has had for the last few years, but one of the issues has been that we

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