EDUCATION

Automotive opens Chandler students’ career options

Chandler High School senior Blake Speer, left, and an automotive classmate prepare to work on a driver’s-side wheel area during a recent class. Automotive is a three-year career and technical education program in the Chandler Unified district, offered only at Chandler High.

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Chandler High School automotive teacher Roger Van Why turns on systems at the start of a class shop session. Automotive is a three-year career and technical education program in the Chandler Unified district, offered only at Chandler High.

Independent Newsmedia/Jason W. Brooks

Either in everyday driving or in talking with auto mechanics, it’s easy to think modern vehicles are almost all computers.

While automation and chip-bearing and digital components are certainly more visible than they were in decades past, basic automotive skills are still important.

D.J. Vander Walk, a Chandler High senior, said the things he’s learned in his school’s automotive program are going to help him in areas that don’t necessarily involve working on cars.

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