OHP Construction Trades Installs Wheelchair Ramp for Kenton Resident

BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio – Ohio Hi-Point’s Construction Trades students finished the school year by doing multiple community service projects around the district.

In Kenton, students installed a wheelchair ramp for a community resident. The project came about after a student was approached about the idea for a capstone project by the Kenton Church of the Nazarene as they were looking to help a member of the congregation.

Ohio Hi-Point’s Construction Trades program decided to take on the project as a class, splitting the cost of the supplies with the church and paying for half the supplies out of the program’s Career Technical Student Organization (CTSO) account.

The students created the blueprints, estimated the cost of supplies, and used power and hand tools to build sections of the ramp in the lab before transporting the sections to the site. They completed the install in Mid-May.

“This is a great opportunity for students to give back to the community and utilize the skills they’ve learned in lab for a real-world project,” said Construction Trades instructor, Dave Marsteller. “We were happy to be able to help.”