Field studies program in Colorado offers an opportunity for urban students to live rural life: "No better way to bridge that gap"

Field studies program in Colorado offers an opportunity for urban students to live rural life: "No better way to bridge that gap"

By Karen Morfitt Click here for updates on this story     JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colorado (KCNC) — For most high school students, a lesson in rural life from a “Bill Nye the Science Guy” video is where their agriculture lesson will end. In Steve Porentas’ senior field studies program in Colorado, it’s just the beginning. “It’s going to be the real deal,” Porentas tells his students at Bear Creek High School in Lakewood. “I think there’s no better way…