Schaffer recognized as Technical School’s Business Partner

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE -- An ongoing partnership between the Public Safety Training Center and the Law and Public Safety class at the Cape May County Technical High School was recognized Oct. 24 when the school honored Gary Schaffer as its 2007 Business Partner. Schaffer is the director of the Public Safety Training Center located near the school in the Crest Haven Complex.
“In addition to opening the training center to students for field visits, Mr. Schaffer has trained over 35 of our Law and Public Safety class students as Special Law Enforcement Class One police officers in the past three years,” said William Desmond, school superintendent. “He is an active member of Law and Public Safety class advisory council and provides professional advice on a regular basis to improve and enhance the LAPS program.”
Schaffer’s commitment to the school includes attending the Generation Next conference to be more knowledgeable about the Law and Public Safety Career Cluster and becoming a certified substitute teacher at CMC Tech to satisfy the state requirement that only certified teachers may instruct high school students. He also served as an advisor for a recent Tech Prep grant.
The Business Partner program, now in its seventh year, honors a local business person from each of the state’s 21 counties for outstanding support of vocational-technical education in New Jersey. This year’s business partners ranged from small offices to the some of the state’s largest employers representing industries as diverse as health care, automotive, communications and law enforcement. Nearly 200 people attend the Council’s School-Business Partnership Awards luncheon including state officials, members of the New Jersey State Board of Education, county vocational-technical superintendents, board members and administrators. The New Jersey Council of County Vocational-Technical Schools is the statewide association of school board members and superintendents representing New Jersey’s 21 county vocational-technical school districts. Enrolling over 64,000 high school and adult students, the county vocational-technical schools are New Jersey’s primary delivery system for occupational, vocational, and technical education.