NEWSSen. Merkley tours CTECU.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley talks with Dominic Churchill, a junior at Sprague, while touring the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center (CTEC) Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in Salem, Ore. CTEC programs allow students in high school to begin their vocational training.DANIELLE PETERSON / Statesman JournalTeegan LaRochelle, left, a senior at West Salem; Holly Ber, a junior at North Salem and Joseph Donovan, a senior at McNary, talk to U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley as he tours the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center (CTEC) Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in Salem, Ore. CTEC programs allow students in high school to begin their vocational training.DANIELLE PETERSON / Statesman JournalSalem-Keizer Superintendent Christy Perry holds a CTEC sign during a tour Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, at the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center in Salem, Ore.DANIELLE PETERSON / Statesman JournalPrincipal John Honey, left, and Dominic Churchill, a junior at Sprague, talk to U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley as he tours the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center (CTEC) Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in Salem, Ore. CTEC programs allow students in high school to begin their vocational training.DANIELLE PETERSON / Statesman JournalU.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley talks with Dominic Churchill, a junior at Sprague, while touring the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center (CTEC) Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in Salem, Ore. CTEC programs allow students in high school to begin their vocational training.DANIELLE PETERSON / Statesman JournalStudents learn how to install, hang and seal windows Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, at the Career Technical Education Center in Salem, Ore. U.S. Sen.DANIELLE PETERSON / Statesman JournalU.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley talks with Teegan LaRochelle, a senior at West Salem and Dominic Churchill, a junior at Sprague, while touring the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center (CTEC) Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in Salem, Ore. CTEC programs allow students in high school to begin their vocational training.DANIELLE PETERSON / Statesman JournalStudents, staff and adminstrators talk to U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley while he tours one of the classrooms at the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in Salem, Ore.DANIELLE PETERSON / Statesman JournalOne of the classes at the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center in Salem, Ore. CTEC programs allow students in high school to begin their vocational training.DANIELLE PETERSON / Statesman JournalU.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley talks with Dominic Churchill, a junior at Sprague, while touring the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center (CTEC) Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in Salem, Ore. CTEC programs allow students in high school to begin their vocational training.DANIELLE PETERSON / Statesman JournalStudents, staff and adminstrators talk to U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley while he tours one of the classrooms at the Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in Salem, Ore.DANIELLE PETERSON / Statesman Journal