Rain, rain, go away: Branford FFA finds rainy day solution with umbrella project

By Danny Federico Riverbend News Branford High School's (BHS) welding and agriculture (AG) students have been facing an annoying predicament for quite some time. BHS' AG building is located on the other side of Northeast Jenkins Avenue and has no covered walkway for students to use. Because of this, when it rains, it pours down upon the students heading to class. Covering the walkway would cost the district $60,000 and would have be placed on a five-year plan. Seeing the struggle their fellow students were going through, Branford's Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapter decided to come up with a solution. In a move of creative innovation, the FFA members decided to build two umbrella