The WFEA Morning Update

Drew Cline: Preventing Brain Drain, Fighting the Paint and Bike Tax, Open Enrollment Gaining Support
Drew Cline: Preventing Brain Drain, Fighting the Paint and Bike Tax, Open Enrollment Gaining Support

Drew Cli, from the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, calls into The Morning Update to discuss their latest article on the school district’s approach to marketing its school to attract Open Enrollment Students.

Jeff and Drew chuckle at the public response to the attempt to tax paint and add a $50 fee for bikes using NH bike trails (with possible expansion) that some elected representatives were not prepared for.

DDrew als brings up some of the factors of why New Hampshire-educated students are leaving New Hampshire. Why are they leaving, and what can New Hampshire do to keep them in the state?

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