08/27/2026
A momentous day for students from Brentwood Borough SD and 10 other districts in the South Hills and Mon Valley as the Steel Center for Career and Technical Education held its grand re-opening.
Over the past three years, Steel Center CTE has been under-going $36 million in renovations and upgrades, which also include the addition of two new programs.
Approximately 80 Brentwood 10th-12th grade students attend Steel Center daily, taking classes in the Jefferson Hills school in the early morning before returning to Brentwood High School mid-morning for the remainder of their class schedule. There are more than 1,000 students who attend Steel Center, up from approximately 600 a decade ago.
Brentwood Borough Superintendent Dr. Amy Burch attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house along with Board members Bob Kircher, Antonia Focer-Brown, David Schaap and Donna Werner. Schaap is president of the Steel Center’s Joint Operating Committee and spoke during the ceremonies.
Among the other speakers were: Pennsylvania Lt. Governor Austin Davis, Allegheny County Executive Sarah Innamorato, Pa. State Senator Nick Pisciottano, Superintendent of Record Dr. Randall Lutz and Steel Center Executive Director Kevin Rice.
Also among the attendees was Brentwood High School graduate Donna Ramirez, who is a Steel Center graduate and was featured in a video shown during the ceremony. Ramirez was a student in the Health Assistants program and works part-time at Jefferson Hospital. She’s entering her senior year at Carlow University, pursuing a BSN degree while maintaining a 4.0 grade-point average.
The Steel Center renovations included improvements to classrooms and labs with new equipment and furniture and much-needed upgrades to HVAC, roofing and flooring throughout the facility.
Steel Center has added a business innovations and social media marketing program and a second building trades course. The school also is adding an electric vehicle technician apprenticeship program. Steel Center offers nearly 20 hands-on programs that range from automotive technology to cosmetology, culinary arts, cybersecurity, HVAC and sports medicine. Brentwood Borough