BARTLETT — For the third time in seven years, the Bartlett School Board’s proposed operating budget posted an increase.
The 2020-21 school year budget hike totals $177,343, or 2.16 percent. Chief among the increases is $152,094 in salaries, which includes the replacement of a kindergarten teacher and the addition of a first-grade teacher.
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