Rural US high schools are offering more college-level classes, but college can still be a tough sell
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Devon Wells, a junior at Perry Central High School, welds a metal calf feeder at Halo Farms, where he works, on March 12, 2025, in Perry, N.Y. (AP Photo/Lauren Petracca)Briar Townes, a senior at Perry Central High School, poses for a portrait inside the Arts Council for Wyoming County, where he has art displayed as part of an All-County High School Arts Show, on March 12, 2025, in Perry, N.Y. (AP Photo/Lauren Petracca)Briar Townes, a senior at Perry Central High School, straightens a piece of his art on display at the Arts Council for Wyoming County, on March 12, 2025, in Perry, N.Y. (AP Photo/Lauren Petracca)Devon Wells, a junior at Perry Central High School, poses for a portrait in a cowshed at Halo Farms, where he works, on March 12, 2025, in Perry, N.Y. (AP Photo/Lauren Petracca)Devon Wells, a junior at Perry Central High School, walks across Halo Farms, where he works, on March 12, 2025, in Perry, N.Y. (AP Photo/Lauren Petracca)
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Devon Wells, a junior at Perry Central High School, welds a metal calf feeder at Halo Farms, where he works, on March 12, 2025, in Perry, N.Y. (AP Photo/Lauren Petracca)