Listeners to WHOP may have heard a new voice or seen a new name on articles, as Hopkinsville High School’s Mollie Goode steps in as a co-op student and newly fledged agriculture reporter.
Working through the co-op work program through Christian County Public Schools, Goode is looking to expand her experiences with agriculture even further—and it’s an industry that is near and dear to her heart, having grown up on a farm in an agriculture family. She says the Ag. industry is of vital importance to absolutely everyone, and she hopes she can bring even more attention to agriculture and its impact on the community and more.
South Western Kentucky Economic Development Council Executive Director Carter Hendricks says programs such as the Fusion program they host and the co-op program are just one of the many ways students in the community can be given the best tools for success.
Hendricks says its all about growing your own talents and keeping those talents local—but if they do move off, everyone wants it to be with their best chance.
Recent ribbon cutting with the Trigg County Career and Technical Center and the Martin Luther King Jr. Inspire Early Learning Academy just go hand-in-hand with the community wide effort to help local students, no matte what grade-level, be prepared for future education and careers.