Golden Strip Career Center (GSCC) is one of four part-time

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, United States. The school offers a variety of programs, each with a focus on some specific career field, and students can earn

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following the completion of such programs. Most students at Golden Strip Career Center are also enrolled in non-alternative

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s in the school district; therefore,

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transportation between these schools and the career center is provided on school days.

History

Golden Strip Career Center was named after "the Golden Strip," an informal collective title for the cities of Fountain Inn, Simpsonville, and Mauldin; though the school technically is addressed in Greenville, it is just outside of Mauldin. The

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program at the school was established in January 2013. On the morning of February 24, 2016, several buildings at the campus were damaged due to a

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. No people that were on campus at that time were hurt or injured.

Programs

Golden Strip Career Center offers the following programs: * Automotive

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es * Machine tool technology *

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* Nail technology *

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Events

On several occasions,

has held

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s at the career center, due to a shortage in district employees such as

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References

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