BARTLETT — Homelessness is real and exists within the walls of the Josiah Bartlett Elementary School.
That was the message Vicki Garland, family liaison for the Bartlett School District, which covers pre-K to 12th grade, gave a presentation to the Bartlett School Board earlier this month.
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