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Updated: 9:15 AM Apr 15, 2008
Officials say Gainesville Ag program not going away
GAINESVILLE, TX - Some Cooke County parents and students are saying the Gainesville ISD Agriculture-Education program is being unfairly cut. School administrators say that's not the case. Even though the school board says the program will stay, parents and students are disagreeing. Posted: 10:36 PM Apr 14, 2008Reporter: Mystic Matthews Email Address: mystic.matthews@kxii.com |
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GAINESVILLE, Tex. - Some Cooke County parents and students are saying the Gainesville ISD Agriculture-Education program is being unfairly cut. School administrators say that's not the case. Even though the school board says the program will stay, parents and students are disagreeing.
We talked to the school superintendent as well as a former Ag teacher. They both have very different stories about what's going on.
Two weeks ago, Chris Uselton says he was told that starting next year, there would be no Ag program at GHS.
As the program instructor, that concerned him. He starting notifying students and parents so that something could be done. A few days later, Uselton says he was out of a job.
Students and parents addressed the school board members Monday night, asking them not to cut the program. But those requests may not have been necessary.
Superintendent Bill Gravitt says the program isn't going away as Uselton claims. In fact, classes are being added, but they will be held at North Central Texas College.
Students and parents however disagree. They believe that by moving the majority of classes to the college that the school is phasing out the program over time.
School board officials said Monday night that there have been issues with the program that need to be resolved, like low attendance. But students and parents say administrators are to blame.
Gravitt said last week, even though they do not have an Ag teacher right now, they plan on hiring one for the remainder of this school year and for next year.
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