Starting next year, Sylvania Schools will offer a new career tech program for students looking to become firefighters or emergency medical technicians (EMTs).

Community colleges, which traditionally furnish graduates with two-year associate degrees and serve as academic springboards to four-year universities, also offer opportunities for students interested ...

The program, the first of its kind in the state, will allow students to place their full focus on school instead of struggling to balance working at the department and studying as a student.