Ralph R. McKee Career and Technical Education High School, St. George, has Staten Island's only CTE program for electrical installation. (Staten Island Advance/Annalise Knudson)

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Table saws and band saws are in motion as the classroom is filled with leftover wood scraps. Staten Island high school students collaborate to build what appears to be a wooden storage container. A floor above, students grab screwdrivers and extension cords as they hook up electric boxes in their small cubicle mimicking what would be a customer’s home.

These students attend Ralph R. McKee Career and Technical Education (CTE) High School in St. George, in the carpentry and electrical programs, respectively.

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