Coffee County Central High School senior Carlos Hernandez clamps material into a new horizontal metal saw in Jeff Hinshaw’s class. The saw is among pieces of equipment donated by Walter Meier Manufacturing Inc. in LaVergne, Tenn.CLASS NOTES
Name: Coffee County Central High SchoolPrincipal: Joey VaughnGrades: Seventh through 12thStudents: 1,700Staff members: 120Address: 100 Red Raider Drive, Manchester, TN 37355
A donation of thousands of dollars worth of state-of-the-art mechanical equipment will give students at Coffee County Central High School an edge seeking jobs in manufacturing industries.
“It almost doubles the capacity of what I can do in my shop with my kids,” said Jeff Hinshaw, machining and manufacturing instructor at the school in Manchester, Tenn.
Hinshaw is still getting some of the newly donated equipment up and running, but already it’s generating some excitement among the 108 students enrolled in his classes, he said.
Local Chamber of Commerce officials were able to establish a relationship with Walter Meier Manufacturing’s facility in La Vergne, Tenn., en route to the donation of equipment, he said.