BARTLETT — With declining enrollment at Josiah Bartlett Elementary, Bartlett School Board member Scott Grant at the board’s April 2 meeting floated the idea of closing a wing of the school and sending sixth-through-eighth-graders to Kennett Middle School, where they would have access to after-school sports.
He also talked about offering the option to Bartlett families of high school students attending Fryeburg Academy.
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