SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (WRGB) — Students from across five counties in the Capital Region and beyond are getting hands-on veterinary training experience in high school, through a first-of-its-kind Small Animal Science program at WSWHE BOCES.
The program, now in its third year, has grown exponentially, currently being offered to two groups of students, who spend half their day at BOCES and the other half at their home school, five days a week.
“The program was started to offer an opportunity that wasn’t here before, and to help fill some employment needs in the local veterinary industry,” teacher Carter Stevens said. “Our program is currently full, with a waitlist, and we did expand our cap this year to 22 students in both the morning and afternoon sessions.”…