Save the CNA

To take away the option of students currently enrolled in Clinical to obtain their CNA certification is completely unfair. Especially given that this decision was announced 3 weeks into the current school year. These students signed up for the class in the spring thinking they would receive their CNAs. A lot of these young adults are wanting to obtain a job working as a CNA while pursuing a degree in the health care field in college. The CNA certification offers a way to obtain valuable experience as well as network while obtaining a degree. To take this opportunity away denies them this valuable opportunity. Furthermore, to do so when they signed up thinking they had the CNA as a goal, is at best poor decision making by the board. These students pay all the costs associated with obtaining this degree, so this clearly isn't a budgeting issue. These young adults deserve to be heard by the board as well as receive an explanation as to why this decision was made. Denying them that just adds insult to injury. I would also like to add as a tax payer in Columbia County, I'm extremely disappointed in the unprofessional way this was handled. It demonstrates poor planning as well as a lack of leadership on the part of the superintendent.