BARTLETT — With new school buses reportedly in short supply, the Bartlett School Board made a pre-emptive move last week, voting at its Tuesday meeting to purchase two new buses this year instead of just one.
The board increased its proposed 2022-23 budget by an additional $115,000 at its budget hearing in the gymnasium of Josiah Bartlett Elementary School on Feb. 1. About a dozen people turned out for the meeting.
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