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Rigby high junior hopes to one day own a car detailing business

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RIGBY — Hyrum Tuckett is a junior at Rigby High School and is enrolled in the school’s Career Technical Education program.

Tuckett is one of several Rigby students learning the intricacies of owning their own business through the school’s recently launched business program. Tuckett and his classmates receive college credit for completing the course.

Asked what type of business he is creating in the class, Tuckett simply said, “Car detailing.”

“I’ve always been into cars,” he added.

As he explained, Tuckett’s father is a small business owner and that has served as an inspiration for the junior’s future plans.

Though he still has a full year of high school to complete before the plans go into action, Tuckett has begun looking forward.

After graduation, he plans to go on a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

“I have no idea where I want to go (for my mission),” Tuckett said. “Tokyo would be really cool, but wherever (the Lord) sends me.”

Upon his return from a mission, Tuckett is not certain if attending school or joining the workforce will be the next step. No matter the path, he plans to do something involving cars.

If college is the path, Tuckett has to decide on a major. Business aligns with his dream of one day owning his own business — and Boise State is known to have a good business program, he said. Or, he could go to a technical school.

“It depends on what I go to school for,” he said. “There’s this diesel school down in Bridgeland (Utah).”

Tuckett has a full year before those decisions are put before him — a year that will almost certainly include more work in the Rigby High School business program and potentially the Business Professionals of America club.

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