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How much is art worth?

That's a question schools often ask themselves during tough financial times.

Art can seem like an expensive indulgence next to core subjects like English and Math.

School boards across the state have cut art classes due to lack of funding.

But the art program at Woodsville High School is in some ways central to the school and its mission.

The small farming town north of Lebanon has had the same art teacher for 35 years.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Trish Anderton recently visited his calss and filed this report.