A lot is new under the hood in high school auto shop classes

Tony Perry & Howard Blume

The days when auto shop was a major part of the high school curriculum have long since been consigned to revivals and reruns of the musical "Grease."

But auto shop's long skid in the face of budget cuts and a shift toward college-prep classes may be reversing.

Nowhere is that more apparent than in the San Diego Unified School District, where officials have built automotive program facilities at three high schools and hope to upgrade shops at two other schools if voters approve a bond issue next month.

John Abad, who is 17 and studying auto body repair at a $3.7-million facility opened last month at Morse High, knows why this is being done.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at October 29, 2012 2:56 AM
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