JACKSON — Where will Jackson high school students go to school? Where ever it is, the school board knows the decision won’t please everyone.
The Jackson School Board’s High School Options Committee over the next 10 months will review Fryeburg Academy, Gorham High School, Gould Academy in Bethel, Maine, Kennett High School, the Robert Frost Charter School, which will expand from K-8 to K-12 with high school enrollment this fall.
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