Nashoba Tech Plumbing and Heating program receives $250,000 grant

Christopher Powers, a sophomore from Pepperell, works in the Plumbing and Heating program at Nashoba Valley Technical High School. The program received a $250,000 grant from the state Skills Capital Grant Program. (Courtesy Nashoba Valley Technical High School)

PUBLISHED: June 3, 2022 at 5:00 a.m. | UPDATED: June 3, 2022 at 5:01 a.m.

WESTFORD — Nashoba Valley Technical High School was one of 11 schools to receive grant funding this year through the Skills Capital Grant Program.

This year’s $3.3 million in total grants brings the total Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration has awarded to vocational-technical and agricultural schools and programs to $30.7 million since June 2017.

Nashoba Tech’s $250,000 grant will go toward equipment for the Plumbing & Heating program, including a pro-press, mega-press and threading machines, an inventory and tool-management system, furnaces, hot water tanks, heat pumps and boilers.