By: Megan Roche

Scott Moffitt is quick to give credit to the superintendents in the Morris County school districts that his technical school serves. He wouldn’t be able to offer all the programming he does without their help.

In June, Moffitt was named Morris County Superintendent of the Year. He’s now in the running for three regional honors. If he passes that, he’ll be on to the state and national competitions. For Moffitt, he appreciates the nomination and being honored by his peers.

“It’s always a great honor to be recognized by peers and colleagues. I have a school that can sometimes be perceived as competing with local high schools. I’m a regional superintendent in the sense that we have students from all different municipalities. For me, it was a great honor to be recognized by my peers and I think it really speaks to the county in general and the type of leaders that are in this county that we’re all able to work together to create new programs and grow together,” Moffitt shares. 

Beginning his educational career as a member of Americorps at a school in Newark, he’s also held various positions with the New Jersey Department of Education, ran a charter school in Paterson, and was a county school business administrator. He’s been with Morris County Vocational Technical School since 2004. 

A proud Rutgers and NYU grad, Moffitt shares the importance of the education that Morris County Vocational Technical School provides, while also expanding to include more non-traditional vocational programs as well. 

“What I’m most proud of generally is we haven’t forgotten about the more traditional programs, we’ve been able to strengthen the traditional programs while adding new things. We still offer electrical and plumbing, carpentry, auto body. Those students all needed an option as well. We’ve been able to continue to meet a wide range of student needs and maintain our groups while we grew. Within that, we’ve been able to recreate and build new full time programs,” Moffitt says. 

One of the projects that Moffitt is most proud of is coming due to the partnership with County College of Morris. A new building will be erected at County College of Morris where students can earn college credits while being dually enrolled at their respective high school. The new building is dubbed the Morris County Career Training Center. The hope is to open the building by the 2024-2025 school year. 

“The new building will allow us to serve another 500 students in their junior and senior years of high school. It’s dual enrollment and earning college credit. We’re trying our best to give kids a leg up in the world,” Moffitt said. 

Morris County Vocational Technical School offers both full time and shared time programs with all high schools in Morris County. At the school, students are exposed to real time careers after high school with on the job training. It’s a great place for students who don’t feel that college is an option for them.

For more information on Morris County Vocational Technical School, visit www.mcvts.org.