OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska school district will soon incorporate opportunities for high school seniors to go to work for local businesses as part of a program designed to prepare students for careers.

Westside Community Schools will create a Center for Advanced Professional Studies to develop partnerships with businesses that will act as satellite campuses. Students may spend part of their day working on projects at the businesses.

The new program is part of the district’s larger effort to expand its career education programming, and to learn and fill in skill gaps in the workforce.

The Nebraska district is modeling its program on one developed by the Blue Valley district in Kansas City, Kansas.