When I started as county executive almost five years ago, I knew as former school board president, Hartford Union, that we had a real challenge bringing our kids back. As a matter of fact, About 75% of our students from Hartford Union would leave the area and many times never come back. And so I wanted to figure out what's the. What are those hurdles? Is it student loans? Is it debt? Is it, you know, childcare? What might it be? Yeah. (05:22–05:30)
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Asserts that 75% of Hartford Union students leave the area and often do not return.
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