Chattanooga City Councilman Larry Grohn, a candidate vying for the mayor’s seat, said on Tuesday his administration would reinstitute Kirkman Technical High School as part of a workforce development program.
The program would be aimed at creating more living wage jobs for Chattanoogans living in the inner-city, according to a news release.
Kirkman Technical High School, which trained high school students for industrial and trade jobs since 1928, closed in 1991.
“Kirkman Technical High took the immense potential of our city’s youth and turned them into the business owners and highly-skilled workers of today,” Grohn wrote.
“When youth graduated from Kirkman, they had the tools and skills needed to obtain a living wage job, tools ready to enter the workforce. They started families and became productive members of our community, leaders in our community.”