see: Reality.
About 'reality'. I have a two sons--one is fourteen & the other is seventeen. Fortunately, the local public school system is large & offers many of the programs you noted. Such is NOT the case for many smaller schools in small communities & in more rural areas of the United States. And, if a kid is in the automotive program & there aren't enough Program summer jobs to go around but there are plenty of jobs for construction laborers, do you think that underage kid is going to be approved to work in carpentry? Suggest that you append your version of 'reality'.
I may append it, but still stick by my guns.
50 feet from me are 6 illegals who have jobs that might have gone to some of the kids graduating from this City's Vo-Tech school.