Five school board members are heading to Georgia today to learn about vocational programs.

Eleanor Goettee, Patti Head, Ron Margiotta, Anne McLaurin and Horace Tart will visit the Central Educational Center (CEC) in Newnan, Ga. The trip is the brainchild of Tart, who's been pushing for a vo-tech high school for Wake since he joined the board in 2005.

Tart has argued that Wake needs a stronger vocational program (now called career and technical education or CTE) to reduce the high school dropout rate.