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HOUSTON(AP) — The oil and gas industryis mired in its latest bust, with thousands of jobs evaporating like flares flaming out over natural gas wells. But in Texas, education officials are preparing more young people for the oil patch,showing the state's unshakeable commitment to the energy sector despite the

employment uncertainties.

The Houston school district is planning to expand its Energy Institute High Schoolto around 1,000 students by 2017 and inaugurate a new 110,000 square-foot, $37million facility. The three-year-old institute is the nation's only high schoolfully specializing in oil and energy careers.

Inthe oil-rich Permian Basin, two Midland high schools have begun "petroleum academies." And state officials have approved vocational classes in oil production, authorizing all schools districts across Texas toteach them.

"We are in this downturn, but as a society we have a responsibility to not let thataffect our workforce and to keep ahead of the game," said Energy Instituteprincipal Lori Lambropoulos.

Other oil and gas states,including North Dakota, Louisiana and Wyoming, offer technical training forhigh school students interested in the oil industry, but Texas'program is more extensive, despite questions about whether there will be jobsin the near future for its graduates.

Layoffsbegan last year when crude prices plummeted from over $100 a barrel to about$45 now. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, oil and gas extraction jobs fell from 201,500 nationwide in October 2014 to around 187,000 this past October. In Texas alone,the economic sector including energy jobs contracted by an estimated 28,000 through a year-long period ending in September.

"Fourteenmonths ago it was fracking forever," said Robert Gilmer, head of theUniversity of Houston's Institute for Regional Forecasting. "And now we'rehere."

Butthe booms, like the last six-year-long one, provide rich paydays when they happen. And many in Texas insist things will rebound, although no one knowswhen. It took nearly two decades for oil prices to fully recover fromthe bust in the 1980s.

Energy Institute High School students choose between focusing on geosciences, offshore technology or alternative energy, but can also tackle blue-collar areas likewelding, vital to the oilfield, or piloting remotely operated underwater vehicles used in offshore exploration.

TristaLitong, a 16-year-old sophomore, said she's not sweatingfalling oil prices because she believes her training will be useful regardless.

"The skills you learn here, how to talk to people, how to present in front of anaudience and working in groups, it really helps you in the future," said Litong, who wakes up at 4:55 a.m. and braves a 90-minute bus ride to reachEnergy Institute's temporary campus in a scruffy section of downtown Houston.

Arecord 1,200 students applied for about 250 Energy Institute slots lastfall. Oil industry donations have helped supplement public fundingfor the school's costs, which are high because of the technology and teachertraining required.

Thereare no sports teams, so the hallways are lined with artwork featuring pumpjacks and oil platforms. Industry veterans appear as guest lecturers and the school's advisory board includes executives from firms likeExxon-Mobile and Shell.

In Midland, home to more than half a dozen top energy firms, companies have helpedthe school district create the new petroleum academies for about 110 students.Classes address the basics of drilling, production and pipeline maintenance,and students work toward safety certifications. They also take traditional highschool courses.

Oil industryleaders say training starting in high school is good investment since studentswill eventually find opportunities replacing the sector's aging workforce.

" I don't think it's that different than the tech industry where there was a time adecade and a half ago where it had a big downturn," said Barry Russell,president of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, which helped found the Energy Institute High School.

But those who hung with tech, Russell added, "then saw the opportunitiesexplode."

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