And so it's really about as much bringing our kids back home and having a place for them to live. 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. (05:12–05:22)
CLAIM
Asserts that Washington County had challenges in retaining young residents.
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