CHEBOYGAN — The Cheboygan-Otsego-Presque Isle Educational Service District is asking voters to approve a millage to fund career and technical education.

On Tuesday voters across those three counties will decide if greater access to career technical education is worth the tax hike.

Right now, only 4 of the 10 districts in the Cheboygan-Otsego-Presque Isle educational service district offer any career or technical education.

That means 60% of schools in those counties do not have vocational programs, leaving the area classified as a CTE desert.

“This is a regional millage in most school districts in the state of Michigan have this millage or one of the few regions that doesn’t. And, ironically, we have a big blue-collar industry up here. We’re very proud of that in northern Michigan,” sa

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