Junior Gunner Kimble typically gets to Johnsburg High School around 7 a.m., but by 7:30 he’s heading out the door again. Kimble makes this quick departure because he participates in a dual-credit program through Illinois’s College of Lake County. A bus takes him and other participants to the college’s Advanced Technology Center, where they’re learning trade skills.
CLC built the Advanced Technology Center to prepare students for industrial careers, specifically in manufacturing. 
“We could see a limit in terms of the supply we could create to establish a skilled workforce pipeline for the…