I live in a small town. My daughter is a Jr. Over the past couple years, she has taken a few different agri classes. Yesterday afternoon she showed my husband some of what she had learned by installing the new ceiling fan in her bedroom (he played safety supervisor!). She did a fantastic job. Our school does not offer the advanced classes, like welding, but they do have an agreement with the school in the next town over and they are able to bus our kids over there for those classes. My son is a Sr and loves his art teacher and her classes--the school regularly has winners at both the state and national level. (he has 2pieces being sent this year...fingers crossed!)
I guess what I am trying to say is, there are still schools out there that offer these types of classes and I am very thankful to have stumbled into this one. If you have kids in school and aren't happy with the district, shop around.