Tech schools continue to attract displaced workers
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Kim Larson, foreground, gets some early-semester studying in at the Elkhorn campus of Gateway Technical College recently. Enrollment of full-time equivalent students is up about 4 percent at the local campus this fall.
ELKHORN — Lynn Tometczak faced one of life’s crossroads, and the poor economy made it clear which path the Elkhorn-area resident should travel.
Tometczak had bumped around at various jobs while dealing with several knee operations during her 10 years in Walworth County.
But when the 57-year-old Racine native decided to take a leap of faith and return to school, her eight years as manager of the commissary department for Midwest Airlines in Milwaukee helped push her in that direction again in making her latest career choice.
“With the airlines, customer service was No. 1,” Tometczak said. “I always enjoyed that work, especially doing the charter flights for bands or sports teams. I always liked planning all kinds of events, and that opens your options up into many areas, whether it’s meetings, weddings or whatever.”
So, in spring 2010, Tometczak started attending Gateway Technical College as a full-time student — at least 12 credits — with the goal of getting an associate’s degree in hotel hospitality.
She is part of a statewide trend in which technical schools are projecting and/or seeing enrollment increases ... CONTINUED
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