Hands-on program encourages careers in technology

Andrew Kubat disassembles a telephone during a Mouse Squad class on Thursday. Kubat, one of 13 students currently enrolled in the program, is a sophomore at Mountain Home High School.

A program making its debut in the Mountain Home School District is giving students a chance to gain hands-on technical experience while giving local schools additional resources to maintain their computer systems.

Known as the Mouse Squad, it aims at helping a handful of high school students go on to become computer technicians and network engineers.

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