The Riverland Community College truck driving program’s annual high school tour stopped at Kingsland Schools on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Spring Valley.
Kingsland was one of four stops Thursday with another four planned for Friday.
The tour’s goal is to bring awareness to transportation and the diversity of vehicles and industry segments requiring a Commercial Driver’s License, said Jonathan Rymer, director of Riverland’s truck driving program.
“We love the industry and to share it with others,” he added.
Kingsland Schools fourth-graders react as classmate, Pailynn Pischke tests out the horn on a semi truck during the Riverland Community College truck driving program’s annual high school tour Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Spring Valley.
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Orrin Sovers, a junior at Kingsland High School, sits in the driver’s seat of a coach bus during the Riverland Community College truck driving program’s annual high school tour Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Spring Valley.
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Kevin Peterson, a plow truck driver with the Minnesota Department of Transportation, speaks to Kingsland High School students about being a plow truck driver as part of the Riverland Community College truck driving program’s annual high school tour Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Spring Valley.
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Jonathan Rymer, director of Riverland Community College’s truck driving program, talks with Kingsland High School students about a tanker truck as part of the Riverland truck driving program’s annual high school tour Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Spring Valley.
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Ayden Schleusner, a junior at Kingsland High School, steps out of a Minnesota Department of Transportation plow truck during the Riverland Community College truck driving program’s annual high school tour Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Spring Valley.
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Kingsland Schools students check out the inside of a coach bus during the Riverland Community College truck driving program’s annual high school tour Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Spring Valley.
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