I have kids who are actually thinking about going to school for veterinary science. Weertz's agriscience class is an elective that meets daily for 100 minutes for 10 weeks at the school, which uses the quarter system, rather than semesters. Students follow a textbook and do experiments, just like in a standard science class. The academy is for girls 13 to 19 and has five nurseries for their children in the old Chaney School near I-96 at Martin Luther King Boulevard. We're just like them, only more complicated.
Some students learn better hands-on.
The animals are kept outdoors in a small courtyard on one side of the school. The cow, for example, was donated by a farmer during a field trip. The students learn that rabbits who are expecting need a good, healthy diet to produce healthy babies. After milking, the students must pasteurize the goat's milk. He's a pretty amazing man.