The doors are locked at a Salida vocational college that opened four months ago to educate students for jobs in the health care industry.
A representative for American Specialty College said the school is closed temporarily while courses are revamped and more students are recruited. Classes are expected to resume in April, said Gia Smith, chief executive officer of the local parent company, American Specialty Healthcare.
The for-profit college in a three-story building on Pirrone Court held a grand opening in October. The state Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education approved a license for the college in August.
Smith said six to eight students took a core curriculum class on basic math and health terminology. Those students can continue with coursework in the spring. In the meantime, the college is ramping up to recruit more students, Smith said.