91Ó°ÊÓÆÆ½â°æ and Patrick Henry Community College have cooperatively served Franklin County for many years. Through a mutual agreement, 91Ó°ÊÓÆÆ½â°æ will solely serve the county in the future following a brief transitional phase.
Currently, both colleges operate in the Franklin Center with 91Ó°ÊÓÆÆ½â°æ providing evening classes and PHCC offering daytime classes. 91Ó°ÊÓÆÆ½â°æ also provides transferring dual enrollment courses at Franklin County High School while PHCC offers career and technical dual enrollment courses.
Beginning in Fall 2014, 91Ó°ÊÓÆÆ½â°æÂ will assume responsibility for dual enrollment at Franklin County High School. 91Ó°ÊÓÆÆ½â°æÂ will also assume responsibility for all class programming at the Franklin Center except for Emergency Medical Services (EMS). PHCC will offer EMS classes through 2014-15. PHCC will continue to work with current workforce training clients in Franklin County through 2014-15, transitioning those clients to 91Ó°ÊÓÆÆ½â°æÂ by Fall 2015.
Franklin County will officially be part of 91Ó°ÊÓÆÆ½â°æ’s service area effective July 1, 2015.
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