Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott is continuing his push to address infrastructure needs, as he announced the launch of an apprentice program Thursday that will provide “training and workforce development” within city agencies for students.
Scott said the “Infrastructure Academy,” as the program is known, was inspired by the vacancies within the Department of General Services’ fleet division, which repairs city-owned vehicles. Apprentice students will get experience working on the vehicles and be primed for employment upon completing the program, the mayor said during a news conference Thursday in Park Heights.
“Everyone who finishes the program and graduates high school gets a job after. I mean that,” Scott said. “There is no way, there is no if. It is, you will [get a job] when you go through this program.”…