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Wlaf1450‘Thursday’s annual event went wonderful’- Post Secondary Coordinator, Co-Athletic Director Olivia Lobertini
By Charlotte Underwood
JACKSBORO, TN (WLAF)- Campbell County High School students got the opportunity to meet firsthand with more than 40 career representatives at Thursday’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) Fair which was held in the Brown Gym from 8 am until 11. More career opportunities in law enforcement and military also had booths set up outside on school grounds.
Students had the opportunity to speak with representatives from all kinds of industries including banking, electrical, construction, healthcare, broadcasting and everything in between! Secondary education opportunities were also represented with local community colleges like Roane State and South College, along with the Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) at Jacksboro.
According to County Vice Mayor Randy Brown, these career fairs are great for the students and the community alike.
“This is always a great event for the community and great for the employers and businesses here to talk to the kids about career paths, it is a wonderful opportunity for all involved,” Brown said.
The high school has been hosting these career fairs in the spring each year for more than two decades.
CCHS Post Secondary Coordinator and Co-Athletic Director Olivia Lobertini, who was in charge of this year’s event, said the event went wonderful.
“We are just so happy to be able to offer this for all grade levels at Campbell County High School; this is something that Monica Bane has really perfected in the last couple of years, and I know Connie Crutchfield worked on them before that and we are just excited to have these community members come in and show up and our kids have loved it, getting to meet people from different fields, everyone from Crutchfield Surveys and the National Guard is outside with a punching machine and the kids are loving that too. We are just so grateful that people are supporting this, investing their time and energy and resources into our kids and this is the work force. These kids are going to leave here and go into the workforce, school or the military, so they are the future workforce,” Lobertini said.
School board member Brandon Johnson was also at Thursday’s career fair at the high school and said he thought the event was great to show kids what was out there beyond high school.
“We are really lucky to live in a community where the folks here at CCHS are prioritizing not just teaching our kids but preparing them for the next stage of their life. You have dozens of business opportunities and opportunities for these students that are workforce ready and can come out right after graduation and have a high paying career and give back to the community. This is the type of stuff that adds value to education, and I really appreciate all the administrators here putting this on,” Johnson said.
Freshman through seniors experienced the career fair, with seniors going first in the day. The Freshman go last but “perhaps have the most enthusiasm as it is their first time experiencing a career fair.”
CTE Transportation and Maintenance Director Traci Chambers said the students really respond to this event each year.
“We have many businesses here represented as well as schools, government agencies and other businesses to give our students information on prospective careers. These events help our students know what’s out there after high school,” Chambers said.
All of this would not be possible without the “tremendous support” of the community.
“I just want to say thank you to the community for showing up and supporting this event here at the high school year in and year out. It makes a huge difference in the lives of our students and we can’t thank everyone enough,” Lobertini said. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED-05/04/2026-6AM-PHOTOS COURTESY OF WLAF’S CHARLIE HUTSON)