Photos: Bring your tractor to school day

FFA students at Vinton-Shellsburg High School drove tractors to school on Tuesday in celebration of National Ag Day.

Mar. 19, 2024 12:38 pm, Updated: Mar. 20, 2024 10:31 am

FFA student Austin Noe, 17, backs a tractor into a parking spot before heading to class during bring your tractor to school day at Vinton-Shellsburg High School in Vinton on Tuesday. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

FFA student Cooper McClintock, 16, prepares to back his tractor into a parking spot during bring your tractor to school day at Vinton-Shellsburg High School in Vinton on Tuesday. The event happens yearly in celebration of National Ag Day. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

School bags sit next to large tractor tires during bring your tractor to school day at Vinton-Shellsburg High School in Vinton on Tuesday. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

FFA student Jacob Dudley, 16, sits on his tractor as he watches his classmates move their tractors around the parking lot during bring your tractor to school day at Vinton-Shellburg High School in Vinton on Tuesday. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

An American flag blows in the wind on a vintage Farmall tractor during bring your tractor to school day at Vinton-Shellsburg High School in Vinton on Tuesday. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Sophomore Ben McGowan, 15, pulls into the parking lot to park his vintage tractor during bring your tractor to school day at Vinton-Shellsburg High School in Vinton on Tuesday. Student FFA members are allowed to drive tractors to school once a year in honor of National Ag Day. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Jacob Dudley, 16, drives his vintage tractor into the parking lot of school during bring your tractor to school day at Vinton-Shellsburg High School in Vinton on Tuesday. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Austin Noe, 17, helps park tractors along the back edge of the parking lot during bring your tractor to school day for National Ag Day at Vinton-Shellsburg High School in Vinton on Tuesday. Members of the FFA alumni group said the event started back in the early 1980s. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

New and vintage tractors sit parked at the back end of the school parking lot during bring your tractor to school day at Vinton-Shellsburg High School in Vinton on Tuesday. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

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