The City of Chesapeake received a $1 million federal funding boost Wednesday to go towards a new Chesapeake Public Schools Career and Technical Education Center. Congresswoman Jen Kiggans presented the check during a ceremony at the Chesapeake Career Center, where school leaders and students gathered to mark the milestone.
“Places like this are just invaluable to regions like Hampton Roads. We have so many jobs here that don’t require necessarily a four-year education, that people can go right from these types of career training programs into the workforce,” Kiggans said.
The $1 million in federal funding adds to the roughly $35 million already secured for the project. In January, Chesapeake Public Schools announced it had been awarded a $20 million grant from the Virginia Department of Education as part of the state’s School Construction Assistance Program, which was unanimously approved in December. The district had previously secured about $16 million for design work and equipment acquisition. The total estimated cost of the new facility is approximately $101.5 million, excluding architectural and engineering services…