Next fall, Tomball ISD will launch a new program for students who are aspiring to be educators, called Tomball Academy of Future Educators , or TAFE. The program—in partnership with Lone Star College-Tomball—will serve as the district’s second P-TECH, or Pathways in Technology Early College High School .

TISD announced the new P-TECH via a news release July 1 . LSC-Tomball President Lee Ann Nutt said the decision to create the new program was based on demand and teacher shortages.

“We [hope we] create a pipeline of really ... dedicated, caring teachers,” Nutt said.

P-TECH is an open-enrollment high school that allows students to achieve a high school diploma in addition to industry-based certifications, level one or two certificates, and an associate’s degree, per the Texas Educa

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