Not sure about elsewhere, but it got rebranded as “Foods and Fashion” in my kids’ school. In 7th to 9th grades they were taught cooking, and sewing (and carpentry, but that was another class).
Not sure if you were serious, but in case you were, Janis likely doesn’t know a darn thing about their mining program; her positive comment is just because she’s happy that the boyfriend is off in a distant state.
If you look at the original date, this was published in 2020, when we all needed a lot of stuff explained.