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BACKGROUND

In 1984-85, Winnisquam Regional High School was designated as the Regional Agricultural Program for the Lakes Region by the State Department of Education. The program, which had been servicing the needs of this district's students prior to 1984, was made available to students from area schools on a tuition basis. Area schools that will be offered the opportunity to avail themselves of this service are Belmont, Franklin, Gilford, Interlakes, Laconia, and Winnisquam. Recently, the State Department of Education has approached this district to ascertain whether or not we would be interested in approximately $750,000 of state construction funds to construct a new Aricultural Facility and supply it with up to date equipment. The cost to the district would be limited to site preparation estimaed at $50,000. Some of the construction phases included: sitework, masonary, and structural framing. The Agriculture Center was constructed over an eighteen month duration. The proposed location would be between the existing Dearborn house and tennis courts on the West end of the high school.

The program for the Vocational Agriculture Center emphasizes general vocational agriculture studies in grades 9-10 and horticulture, agribusiness, and sales in grades 11-12.The program is a two-year course of study designed to develop an interest and understanding of Agriculture. The first year provides an insight into the broad field of Agriculture. The course of studies will include: orientation in agriculture; fundamentals in plant, soil, and animal science; and agricultural leadership. The second year is designed for students who have demonstrated an interest in advancing in the field of agriculture and related occupations. the course of studies will include; specialization in the field of horticulture, forestry, and agriculture production. Projected enrollment was 15 for Winnisquam and an additional 50 students from area towns. The facility includes: 2 classrooms, storage, horticulutre shop, greenhouse, head house, cold storage area, outdoor land laboratory, pole barn and garage.