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Brentwood School Board to present open-enrollment warrant article to voters on March 2
Summary
The board voted unanimously Feb. 2 to adopt language mirroring the Exeter Cooperative open-enrollment warrant (0% out/0% in) and will present the article to Brentwood voters March 2; administrators warned the measure could face legal challenges if state bills alter local control and reiterated timing and posting constraints.
The Brentwood School Board voted unanimously Feb. 2 to place an open-enrollment warrant article before district voters on March 2 that mirrors language used by the Exeter Cooperative Regional School District. The article, as discussed, would designate the district as an open-enrollment school with 0% of resident pupils permitted to attend schools outside the district and 0% nonresident pupils admitted — the same nonmonetary language the board reviewed during the meeting.
Board members and administrators framed the move as a preemptive local statement amid fast-moving legislation in Concord. Two bills under…
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