Facing continued enrollment declines, Bedford County renews talk of elementary school consolidation
Bedford County is reconsidering elementary school consolidation due to declining and uneven student enrollment. While some schools are experiencing growth, others are seeing population losses. The school division aims to address the unequal distribution of students throughout the county.
The division's students are unequally distributed across the county, with some schools seeing growth while others are losing population.
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