BARTLETT — Last Wednesday, the first day of voluntary Safer at School Screening at Josiah Bartlett Elementary School, 20 students and staff members were tested for COVID-19.
Since the Bartlett School Board opted into the state Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education initiative to provide free COVID testing, 31 have opted into the program.
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