Five area high school students began work last month as part of Coastal Electric Cooperative’s "Learners Today, Leaders Tomorrow" program. For eight weeks during their summer break, these rising seniors will gain on-the-job training from professionals in a variety of fields such as customer service, engineering and operations, marketing, communications and employee safety. "We want to help bring experience-based education to the forefront, and apprenticeships, starting with our high school students in their senior year, is actually the model to fill those jobs," said Coastal CEO Whit Hollowell.