By Rachel Raskin-Zrihen

Every indication suggests the new Solano Community College Auto-technology building in Vallejo is a game-changer, course instructor Paul Hidy said.

The new, state-of-the-art facility at 1687 N. Ascot Parkway, celebrates its grand opening at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Following some 30 years during which most California high schools stopped offering vocational classes, Solano Community College’s 4-year-old automotive course’s growth proves letting those programs go was a mistake, Hidy said.

“Vocational training in most high schools went away in the 1980s, and by the 2000’s someone began to realize that, ‘oops, now we have no one to fix anything,’ and that started to turn around,” he said. “We’re doing our best here to make a change.”

Source: Solano College Vallejo campus celebrates new, state-of-the-art auto-tech facility on Wednesday