This Facebook post inspired a 59-comment conversation, flooded with ideas for new businesses. In honor of #CTEMonth, hats off to teachers like Ms. Schroeder who give their best every day to their students and community. Read the post below:
“How could a vacant building/lot be put to best use? This is the driving question my 9th grade business economics students will try to answer in a project called, Make the Most of It. Back in 2009, a group of students walked through the 1st and 2nd floors of 200 E. Main Street and brainstormed ideas for a business that would benefit the Leipsic community. Their idea was to build a coffee shop on the 1st floor and a teen center on the 2nd floor. Little did they know that within 9 years, both types of businesses would be successful additions our little town.
Today, I have a new group of 9th graders who will be answering the same question and they’d like the input of the “older people in Leipsic.” The vacant buildings/lots they are working with are pictured here. By the end of the week they will have decided which space will be the focus of their project. The ideas you all come up with in this post will be added to the ones the students generate from interviews they conduct on their own. Here is the question they’d like you, the older people, to answer:
What type of business do you think would benefit the community?”
Source: Facebook post of Yvette Schroeder, High School of Business™ teacher, Leipsic High, OH