Across the East Valley Institute of Technology campus, chefs prepped a meal, auto mechanics wheeled under lifted cars, welders stood behind a veil of sparks and hairdressers snipped at stray ends.

At each step of an impromptu tour of the Career and Technical Education District, Chad Wilson, EVIT superintendent, showed students forging a future job in real time. Amid all the unfolding career paths, Wilson sat down with the Arizona Capitol Times to reflect on his own, from the classroom to an ultimately unsuccessful indictment to his role at the helm of an organization dedicated to student career readiness.

Career and Technical Education focuses quite a bit on paths — so what was your path to where you are now?

I’m going to tell you the whole story. You take it for what it’s worth. Some p

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