It is summer break for the R-XVI School District, but for Richmond High School (RHS) Future Farmers of America (FFA), it is a chance to get ahead. The next couple of months, the FFA students will continue working for the next 20232024 school year, said RHS FFAAdvisor Laura Allen. “We stay busy all summer,” said Allen. “There are retreats, camps, fairs and Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE).” Allen said during this break, the FFA will engage in SAE for growth and productivity. SAE criteria involve the student’s experience program and are to be related to those industries served by agricultural education. Those industries include agriculture, horticulture and natural resources. The SAE should complement the student’s occupational interests while including technical, academic and employability skills as found in the state-approved environmental and agricultural systems content standards, model academic standards and core Technical Center’s Innovation and Technology Advisory…