Janet Thornton: A New Crop Every Year

Farming on Mars by Ciera Ware

Mar 5, 201923:04Business

Janet Thornton is an education specialist for the Region 17 Education Service Center and has lived on the South Plains her entire life. We talked about the challenges that rural school districts face, how small communiti...

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