Come August 2023, a vacant Korean church near E. Owens Avenue, and Bledsoe Ln. will be converted into Southern Nevada Trades High School, preparing students for careers in the construction industry.

"We engaged over 800 local community members and found 97.5% believed attending a career high school would prepare students to enter the workforce immediately after graduation," said Julie Craver, Southern Nevada Trades High School Executive Director.

As Las Vegas faces a shortage of 3,829 construction workers, The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) say a trade school could improve the labor shortage.

Many in the community think it will be a great benefit; however

"I am here not to oppose the trades high school, but to oppose the location," said Glenna Anderson, Sunrise Manor resident.

Anderson and some of her neighbors believe the school could ruin their community.

Currently, as it sits, the building is located in the center of homes belonging to families who have lived in the community since the 1950s.

"Because of the neighborhood streets and the no parking on Owens, there's going to be people parked all over the street where they shouldn't be," said Mike Anderson, Sunrise Manor resident.

Another Sunrise Manor resident added, "Because it's a charter school, we won't have school police, and so if there's a problem, we have to depend on Metro, who is already overtaxed."

"There are already occasional issues in the area of students walking through the area, scaling our fences with access to private residences, and opening private mailboxes," said John Manis, Sunrise Manor resident.

Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom says the goal is to preserve the beauty of the older neighborhood. He says they can't ignore the shift in demographic over the years and the needs of the youth currently living in the community.

"They're gonna learn a trade. They're gonna join a union, be able to build things that we desperately need in Clark County. The fact that these poor kids will be able to walk to school, I think, is very, very important," said the Commissioner.