BARTLETT — The newly created early childhood education class at Josiah Bartlett Elementary School appears to be living proof to the axiom that if you build it, they will come.
In fact, so many parents are interested in the program, which starts Aug. 30, that the Bartlett School Board had to cap enrollment for the 2018-19 school year.
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