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Freetown-Lakeville district seeks to be sole tuition provider if Acushnet sends students to Apponequet
Summary
District officials told Freetown and Lakeville select boards they are negotiating a tuition agreement with Acushnet Public Schools that could send roughly 40–50 Acushnet eighth-graders to Apponequet Regional High School annually. The district says it met Acushnet's criteria, pitched a short-term agreement and would hire staff if enrollment grows.
Freetown-Lakeville Regional School District officials told the joint Freetown and Lakeville select boards on Nov. 3 that they are negotiating a tuition agreement with Acushnet Public Schools that could send Acushnet eighth-graders to Apponequet Regional High School beginning next September. "We are talking to Acushnet about potentially entering some type of tuition agreement where students who are in Acushnet in eighth grade looking for a high school would be able to attend school at Apponequet Regional High School," the superintendent said during the meeting.
The district said it has presented to Acushnet, met the district's stated…
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