Auto Class Revs Up Vocational Program

By CHRIS BURRELL

Her school day is bookended by chemistry and global studies, but for
Lauren Richards, the three hours sandwiched in between are anything but
abstract and theoretical. They are grimy, noisy, hot, smelly hours.

Miss Richards is a car mechanic in training, one of nine students at
the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School who major in the
vocational automotive program.