12/04/2023 03:04:04 PMEnrollment reaches 523, includes 14-year-old when fall semester began(Butler, PA) A 26-year-old Butler County Community College program that offers qualified high school sophomores through seniors the opportunity to earn reduced-cost, transferrable college credits has set records this fall in enrollment, in seats occupied and in credits pursued.Ava Best, a Butler Senior High School senior, right, is shown during a BC3 speech class instructed on Butler County Community College’s main campus in Butler Township on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. At left is Dr. Christopher Bondi, an assistant professor in BC3’s liberal arts division. Best is among Butler High’s Early College Pioneers who are part of a BC3 College Within the High School program that this fall has set three records.Year in Review 2023