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The Othello Region Transportation Cooperative building, which houses the Othello Transportation Department, is where students will practice for their commercial driver's license with the district’s new program.

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Trucking students
September 27, 2023 1:30 a.m.

Trucking students

Othello schools beginning CDL training next spring

OTHELLO — The Othello School District has instituted a commercial driver's license program that will be offered for the spring semester at Othello High School, with about 25 students registered for the course. “For a few years now, actually, we've really wanted to bring this program in as a response to workforce need,” said OSD’s Student Services Director Amy Parris. “In our community, we're kind of known as a trucking community and it's a regional need for sure, all over eastern Washington and an even greater (area).” ...