Future of SoCal ROC uncertain
The proposed state budget deprives over 400 Redondo Union High School and Redondo Shores students of vocational training opportunities accessible to them through the Southern California Regional Occupation Center, whose financial future hangs in limbo. SoCal ROC, located in Torrance, services six school districts in the South Bay area. Photo courtesy of SoCal ROC The center, also known as SoCal ROC or SCROC, has been providing students with free career and technical training for 46 years. Adults attend, too, but pay a quarterly fee. Governor Jerry Brown’s budget proposes restructuring education funding, but one unintended consequence is that regional vocational training centers will lose their dedicated funding streams. If the budget passes, SoCal ROC will close in July. “When I looked at the state budget he proposed and I saw no funding for ROCPs [Regional Occupational Center and Programs] I knew there was a problem,” SoCal ROC Superintendent Dr. Christine Hoffman said. The situation seems dire, but Dr. Hoffman is hopeful that grassroots lobbying will make a difference. “We have to make our local state assembly members and senators aware of this issue so that they have time to…
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