PARIS – The automotive technology class at Oxford Hills Technical School is getting new alignment equipment.

School directors voted last week to lease a Hunter lift and alignment equipment for $37,000. The equipment will come from Hunter Engineering Co. in Missouri, said school Business Manager Joe Vaillancourt.

The Hunter alignment equipment that the school has used for eight years is broken and needs to be replaced, he said.

Hunter lifts are “very popular” among auto repair shops in the area, Vaillancourt said.

“This gives the opportunity for students to learn on equipment that is used in the field,” he said.

The first-year payment will come from the school’s contingency account, with succeeding years’ payments to be included in the regular budget, he said.

The tech school also accepted the donation of a 1992 Chrysler LeBaron for the automotive technology class to work on.

The board also heard a presentation from Roxanne Seely, consultant at the state Department of Education, on career benefits to students from offering an Early Childhood Development Program. For the several past years, the board has put off funding that program to keep budget increases to a minimum. The program was envisioned in the building design for Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, which combines both tech school and high school programs under one roof.

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