Bill,
As an instructor in an industrial technology collge we do not like to cancel classes. But the school system sometimes feel like it needs to be a buisness instead of a service. And with the big budget cuts that are in the news these days I think a lot more techinical classes will be lost. We offer a good mix of classes and we try to hold classes even if 2 or 3 people sign up. Hard to justify to upper management sometimes.

Stanley,
Your right more electricians are comming in contact with the PLC. I remember the first one we installed on a job had to hire the programmer to program it, $$$$. Way to go on tring learn it on your own nothing like hands on training.