Instructor availability limits LCHEC course offerings

  • The Lampasas County Higher Education Center has struggled to find instructors for all its courses, Director Derrick Barrios said. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD
    The Lampasas County Higher Education Center has struggled to find instructors for all its courses, Director Derrick Barrios said. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD
The Lampasas County Higher Education Center has struggled to find staff for its phlebotomy and Patient Care Technician courses, Director Derrick Barrios said this week. Currently, LCHEC is offering only its Clinical Medical Assistant and Nurse Aide courses. “I think if you look across the board, pay in other fields has gone up, but it really hasn’t gone up in education,” Barrios said. “There…

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