She learns hands-on in a program and career field still mostly dominated by men. She spends afternoons at the Gibson Technical Center. She spends mornings at the high school in core classes, where she takes dual credit classes and maintains nearly straight As. "I really wanted to be able to work with him and have my own basis of knowledge, where I can take off on my own, because I've had an interest in automotive."ĭespite working a part-time job and juggling a full roster of extracurricular activities, she enrolled in the district's automotive technology program at the start of her junior year. "I didn't get to spend as much time in the shop with my grandfather as I would have liked to," she said. The more FraLynn learned about fixing cars, the more she wanted to know - from her grandpa and from others.
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