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CARROLL COUNTY'S Speaking of Carroll County . . .

Talent Pipeline “Carroll County continues to be great place

for attracting newcomers and retaining
excellent talent from our university and
technical college.”
Teach Carroll First…Together ~ Donna Lackey, Director of
n 2013, Carroll Tomorrow convened a blue-ribbon task force personal pathways for all students and enable viable options to be Community Engagement,
of business leaders to address workforce development and gainfully enrolled, employed or enlisted. University of West Georgia
I education needs in Carroll County. Based on the task force’s
strategic planning efforts, the Carroll County Education Collaborative Carroll County’s Talent Pipeline
(CCEC) was formed in 2014. The University of West Georgia and 4 National leader for innovative workforce education and
West Georgia Technical College spearheaded the project by bringing developmental programs
together leadership from the two public school systems, one 4 Economic hub
independent school, the Chamber of Commerce, Partners Advancing 4 Labor pool of more than 800,000 from an eight-county,
two-state area
Student Success and the Community Foundation of West Georgia.
4 60% of local labor force reside in Carroll County
Now beginning its fourth program year, CCEC maintains a shared 4 2018 graduation rate of 94%
implementation strategy of maximizing PreK-Doctorate academic 4 87% of the population hold a high school diploma or higher
performance and high school graduation. The goal is to chart 4 Ultra-low union presence

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