COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) – Muscogee County school leaders held their State of Education breakfast Thursday, focusing on partnerships with local businesses to bring career opportunities to students. The breakfast, held at the Columbus Trade Center, was sold out. Muscogee County School District Superintendent Dr. David Lewis said schools are the pipeline for the future workforce. “Schools are the pipeline for the future workforce so it’s really critically important that the schools and our business community work together to make sure we are preparing our students for the workforce of the future,” Lewis said. The Partners in Education breakfast is an annual event designed to help the school district make connections with local businesses. Businesses can contribute financially, volunteer time to tutor, or provide internships for students to gain work experience. Jansen Tidmore, president and CEO of the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce, said the partnerships fill gaps for educators. “It means different things to different students across different schools but what it means overall is that you’re able to plug in the gaps and the needs that those educators have that needs to be filled by the private sector,” Tidmore said. Georgia Commissioner of Labor Barbara Rivera Holmes said many students graduate college without job experience. “We have students who graduate college who’ve never had a job. Then we expect them to go into the workforce and we’ve not given them in many cases…
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