BARTLETT — Enrollment at Josiah Bartlett Elementary School has dropped by more than 50 percent since 1995, and at least one Bartlett School Board member doesn’t see this trend reversing.
Board member Scott Grant, who is also the chair of the Bartlett Planning Board, talked about enrollment at the July 12 meeting.
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