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Article: General Motors Forms Job Partnership with Two Virginia School Districts.(Originated from The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.)
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- December 8, 1995
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HAMPTON, Va.--Dec. 8--High school graduates from Hampton and Norfolk could land $50,000-a-year jobs right out of school and supply local auto dealers with a trained work force thanks to a novel school-to-work partnership.
Officials from General Motors Corp. and the two school districts announced the partnership Thursday at a ceremony at the New Horizons Regional Education Center in Hampton.
The pilot program, the second of its kind in Virginia and among a handful nationwide, will pair automotive technology students in Hampton and Norfolk with mentors at one of the region's 23 GM auto dealerships.
They would be trained to operate the increasingly ...