Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center Review

I went to the high school part and absolutly loved it. The teachers truly care about their students and want to help them succeed.

I took a motorcycle "class" there. It was more like a test. There was little to no teaching. When I was struggling rather than to offer additional help, they expelled me from the class. I signed up specifically for a beginners class. But they expected intermediate skills. Thus far, I have not been offered a refund or any consultation. I travelled 2 hours from home, 2 nights in a hotel, plus class fees and I leave with nothing. Whatever you do, stay away from the riders course unless you already ride. Of course, if that's the case, why take the class?

HVAC ADULT ED STUDENTS BEWARE!!! If you are considering spending almost 10k on the adult Ed hvac class at PRCTC DONT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY!! This class was an absolute waste of money and nine months of my life! Most nights we would sit in class and my teacher (some contractor who had a masters degree in psychology and thought he would give teaching a whirl) spent most of our evenings watching YouTube or studying . Studying consisted of us teaching ourselves subjects from the book. Or playing cards or standing outside smoking ordering food or pretty much whatever we wanted to do. The teacher had the basics I do believe however most all of us had the basics upon entering the class. We never once used the I pads we were given for any class work never once did a slide show or any type of formal teaching presentation or lesson plan. All I had to do to pass this class was show up and teach my self how to pass tests by memorizing them. This program in no way improved my odds of getting gainful employment. Majority of my classmates still can t find jobs in the field. The only thing we actually learned was taught to us by an actual teacher that came a few nights a week to help our teacher. Our supplemental teacher taught us how to get our universal license for handling refrigerant. Which our own teacher admitted to us openly that if he had to retake the licensing he would never pass. However this certification is open to the public and only costs $75 online. I could have easily obtained it myself after all the study material we were given on the subject had to be turned back in and was not ours to keep. I had to also buy supplemental online teaching to pass this test online bc there was so little information offered except going over the alleged test questions the might be on the test because these tests answers weren t given to the teacher to be passed down to the students to be memorized. We never actually learned anything about refrigerant handling by our teacher just how to pass the test. Our supplemental teacher did his best to show us the why behind everything that we were learning for the epa608 and did his best but was only able to do as good as our real teacher would back him up on. We were told of some funding that was allegedly set aside for hvac to get trainers and actual up to date equipment but in nine months we never saw any of it. The equipment we did have to work on was outdated and nothing that Is being sold in the industry currently. Also the tools we had to work with that were in the shop were all old and outdated nothing from the current market. We had hardly any supplies to work with. The few things that we were taught were never formal or out of the book it was more like a casual conversation with the guy that did it that one time in the past. The school acknowledged the problem with the teaching staff but never offered anyone any money or compensation for our lost time or wages, not to mention the debt we all went into to pay for this program. This school is an absolute scam and I hope a state representative that is in charge of funding takes the complaint seriously or at least the people at nccer who had their tests proctored in house when it was very clear to everyone the students who were taught nothing still managed to get very high test scores. It s almost like we memorized the answers to the tests as if they were provided to the students... if you re still reading this review I really hope you don t listen to prctc s empty promises of fixing anything. It won t happen and before you know it you ll be out the door they will have their money and no one will care about a thing you have to say.

I have a friend who's son took the computer course. They were required to solder components onto the computer. They were not taught coding. Someone needs to tell this school that soldering anything onto any part of a computer is not done in the USA. Parts are manufactured in China and that is where the soldering is done. Coding is what is needed and what pays. If you are not teaching coding, you are depriving the students of what the need to become employable in the USA.

So helpful on getting my WorkKeys scores so I could get them to a potential employer. Great job!

I know a few people that are very close to me that currently go to this school. They are in the welding program. The program is hands on. Affordable. And the instructors are fantastic. It doesn't cost too much to attend this school either.