In an attempt to improve vocational education in Lincoln County, North Carolina, the Lincoln County School of Technology (LCST) was established by a partnership between a local foundation, the county Economic Development Commission, and the local community college, Gaston College. LCST is a magnet school, providing technical classes to local high school students, and is designed to teach generic competencies in industrial, health and human, and business and marketing technology. LCST's three-way partnership enabled it to provide students with up-to-date instructional equipment, including: (1) computer networks for electronic mail, office automation, and student management software; (2) CD-ROM, to store large amounts of multi-media information; (3) fax machines, to provide training in what forms of information should be sent via fax; (4) interactive laser video disk used in health occupations education, individualized math courses, and electronics courses; (5) information services such as CompuServe, Dialog, and Dow Jones providing otherwise unattainable information; (6) Optel, which allows remote locations to connect via telephone and computers; (7) studio and closed circuit television, including a satellite dish hook up, used for taping student presentations as well as participating in teleconferences; (8) the "TI-IN" network to deliver course material in subjects not warranting a full-time instructor; (9) Text on Microfiche, which reduces storage space for periodical literature; (10) programs for computer aided design, manufacturing, and number control; (11) scanning cash registers for business and marketing education; and (12) computer-based auto mechanics instruction. Diagrams providing descriptive information about the program are appended. (MAB)