Mid Florida Tech is a public adult vocational school

Vocational school

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 located in Orlando, Florida

Orlando, Florida

Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...

, part of Orange County Public Schools

Orange County Public Schools

Orange County Public Schools is the public school district for Orange County, Florida. It is based out of the Educational Leadership Center, a seven-story building adjacent to the Amway Arena in Downtown Orlando. As of October 2009, OCPS has an enrollment of over 175,000 students, making it the...

' Career and Technical Education department. Founded in 1963, it occupies a 106 acre (0.42896716 km²) campus. It offers an array of programs that train students for skilled labor in diverse fields, from air conditioning

Air conditioning

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 and heating mechanics to real estate sales. In addition, the institution is also home to the Central Florida Fire Academy, which provides firefighting and emergency service training. Classes are held on and off-campus, and the school also features cooperative programs in conjunction with area employers.

Personnel

As of 2003, some 12,000 enrollees attended 53 different programs within the school. The composition of the student body is reflective of the area's racial diversity: six percent mixed nationalities including Asian

Asian people

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, 38 percent Hispanic

Hispanic

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, 29 percent African-American, and 27 percent White

European ethnic groups

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The staff consisted of 90 full-time instructors, 211 part-time instructors, 52 classified personnel, 14 custodians, and six administrators.

Accreditation

Mid Florida Tech is accredited by the Commission of the Council on Occupational Education, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is one of the six regional accreditation organizations recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation...

Commission on Middle and Secondary Schools, and the Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation.