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Parents and FFA Warn Santa Clara County Fair Date Change Would Bar Many Livestock Exhibitors
Summary
Parents, FFA officers and students told the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors that a late‑August shift in the 2026 fair schedule conflicts with school start dates and will prevent many FFA and 4‑H exhibitors from participating, urging the board to press the Fairgrounds Management Corporation to preserve livestock dates.
Parents and student leaders told the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 13 that a recently announced change to the 2026 County Fair schedule will exclude livestock exhibitors and undermine agricultural education programs.
"The proposed date change will make it impossible for my twelfth grader to show an animal as she will be headed to college during the the dates that are proposed," said James Cooper, a Gilroy FFA parent, during the public‑comment period. Several other parents and FFA officers described similar conflicts between…
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