School district may use lottery to fill middle school

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BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT
Daily Post Staff Writer

In an effort to stave off declining enrollment, Palo Alto middle schoolers may be able to enter into a lottery to attend Fletcher Middle School next year, allowing them to go to a smaller school that feeds into Gunn High School.

The lottery would take place before spring break for families who opt in and live outside of the school’s boundaries.

Fletcher, already the …

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