VVS recognized as State’s Best Agriculture Education Program for second time in five years

CROGHAN, NY — The New York Association of Agricultural Educators (NYAAE) has selected the Vernon-Verona-Sherrill (VVS) High School Agriculture Program as New York State’s Outstanding Middle/Secondary School Agricultural Education Program. The program was formally recognized in June in front of more than 130 agriculture educators from across New York at the association’s annual professional development

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