Around a dozen students from J.M. Wright Technical School and their parents are at the capitol today to protest Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s proposed closure of the vocational school while legislators are in Hartford for a special session.
One of the better signs reads “Even the Governor Needs A Plumber.”
In fact there is a potential plumber among the group – 14-year-old Zack Lamotta, who decided to attend Wright Tech to follow in the footsteps of his plumber uncle. If the school remains open Lamotta will be a sophomore in the fall.
Lamotta, who otherwise would be attending Stamford High School, said he likes Wright Tech’s smaller size.
“Instead of just sitting down in a class room you learn a trade,” Lamotta said.
