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Kids An Endangered Species on Outer Cape, Particularly in Provincetown

Kids An Endangered Species on Outer Cape, Particularly in Provincetown

Provincetown and Truro at the northern tip of Cape Cod are offering free preschool to try to keep families with children from leaving, because enrollment in the public schools is plummeting. The two towns plus neighboring Wellfleet together have lost 24 percent of their school-age children during the last 10 years (from 444 to 336), according to The Cape Cod Times.

Provincetown and Truro at the northern tip of Cape Cod are offering free preschool to try to keep families with children from leaving, because enrollment in the public schools is plummeting. The two towns plus neighboring Wellfleet together have lost 24 percent of their school-age children during the last 10 years (from 444 to 336), according to The Cape Cod Times.…