A lot of (maybe almost all!) high schools lost those courses during the 1970s when they were consolidated into one “Vo-Tech” school. (In the state where I grew up I think there was one per county!) The high school admins were happy to give those up because now the cost of maintaining such programs were consolidated in one place. They also then blocked any college bound kids from taking those courses. Convenience & need to the local students; well too bad! Now more “studies” teachers can be hired no expensive O&M on them.
Don’t knock the vo-tech courses, since they can be readily applicable to the STEM program. I learn quite a bit from metal shop and mechanical drafting (AutoCAD did not exist in the early 70’s), and I went on to get an engineering degree.