Mercer County Technical Schools (MCTS), also known as the Area Vocational Technical Schools of Mercer County, is a countywide

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based in Trenton, serving the high school-aged population of Mercer County,

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, United States. The district's programs are offered on a shared-time basis whereby a student is enrolled in their home school for academic and other educational activities and then attends a technical school on a half-day basis. The district also offers full-time academies for those in high school that caters to specific academic areas of study. The superintendent for the district is also the superintendent for the

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Full-time schools

Schools in the district (with 2020-21 enrollment data from the

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) are:

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:New Jersey School Directory for Mercer County

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. Accessed January 5, 2015. * Matthew C. Carey, Superintendent * Dana HiceDePugh, Assistant Superintendent * Deborah Donnelly, Business Administrator / Board Secretary * Lisa Flynn, Assistant Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

External links

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School Data for the Mercer County Technical Schools

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