Source: FARM PROGRESS, 12/4/20

With a 6-to-1 vote, my local agriculture education program was cut in half. Despite emails, social media messages and public comments during a recent school board meeting, in a matter of seconds the local board of education passed a motion that cut one agriculture educator, all middle school programs and all ag construction classes. It felt like a gut punch. I was upset and angry. Then, as I turned around and saw the eyes of students, dressed their FFA blue and gold, welling up with tears, I felt it. They felt it. Loss.

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