Make it Movement featuring Del Valle ISD

The new Career and Technical Education Center (CTEC) on the campus of Del Valle High School in Del Valle, Texas, includes some very high-tech features. These include a health-science simulation lab and mock courtroom, along with automotive-repair and welding facilities. School administrators wanted an exterior that would reflect their future-focused programs and maintain its good looks over time. Metal cladding panels met both these requirements, and, as appropriate for the school’s mission, installers had to call on their own technical skills to put them into place.

Del Valle’s CTEC is a 64,000 sq. ft., two-story facility that upgrades the school’s career-focused programming. Students are able to earn 23 different industry-recognized certifications and even college credit hours in a range of subject areas, including health science, visual communications and automotive services. According to the school, students were awarded 493 certifications and earned 751 college credit hours during the 2017-2018 school year, the year before the new CTEC opened. Approximately 2,000 of the school’s 3,330 students take some classes in the center.