With career and technical education on the rise, TUSD’s Innovation Tech graduates its first four-year, in-person class  - AZ Luminaria

With career and technical education on the rise, TUSD’s Innovation Tech graduates its first four-year, in-person class  - AZ Luminaria

Principal Patricia Hurley smiled as she walked down the Innovation Tech High School hallway. As she showed a visitor the classrooms, which include drones, flight simulators, a restaurant kitchen and a mock health clinic, she marveled at the 5-year-old school’s journey. “I always say ‘you should open a school during a pandemic,’” she said. “I am proud of how far we’ve come — from Zoom open houses, 25 students and registration drive-throughs to mo…