BARTLETT — At least one member of the Bartlett School Board believes it’s time for the town to start looking at its high school options and begin talks with Conway about the next tuition contract and the fudging formula.
Scott Grant told his board colleagues on Tuesday that he’d like to see parents have some choice in whether Bartlett wants to tuition all of its grade 9-12 students to Kennett High School.
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