AUSTIN LAFAYETTE, LEFT, Ethan Gendreau, Keith Thompson and Michael Jerome display the workings of the goat stanchion, used to hold goats still during milking, that they fabricated for local farmer Jim Choiniere in their industrial design class at Mount Abraham Union High School. Independent photo/Andrea Suozzo
BRISTOL — It’s not unusual to see four students lingering late in Jim Brown’s technology education room at Mount Abraham Union High School, putting the finishing touches on an intricately welded steel contraption as the semester winds down.