Sally Bany, co-founded the museum with her husband, Dave. They met in high school, back when there used to be high school shop classes,
They found a factory-turned-Dodge dealership in Wilsonville, with the 15 auto bays
Bany says, “we thought, oh my God, we could have a motorsports museum and an education program for kids.”
“The local school districts were excited to work with us, because none of the high schools in our immediate area have shop classes—none,” Ferguson says. “They have students that are clamoring to take a class like this. We thought: We know we have this facility. We know we have the students. So we contacted Clackamas Community College just down the road to bring in the curriculum and the instructors. We’ve got three really strong equal partners in this: The community college provides the instructors, we provide the space and all the tools, IT, anything like that, and of course, the schools provide the students.”
So far as Ferguson knows, they’re the only institution in the country that’s worked out this sort of trilateral partnership.
the shop is packed with exactly what you’d expect to find in a real garage: a tire machine, balancer, brake drum lathe and rotor machine and more—all high-quality stuff. And kids are using it. There’s also an Allison V10 pulled out of a hydroplane, plus a Brumos-liveried Porsche 935 tucked into the corner.
http://autoweek.com/article/diy/world-speeds-noble-mission-teaching-kids-how-wrench
only 73 educational institutions have an auto shop class, and that includes high schools, community colleges, job corps, etc. 49 are high schools
http://www.aboutnata.org/education
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