CONWAY — The deliberative portion of annual school meeting might be the best attended meeting in the history of the town Wednesday night. School officials are projecting the 500 seats in the Loynd Auditorium at Kennett High School, may not be enough and therefore the gymnasium is being set up, too, in case the meeting is recessed to there.
The meeting is slated for 7 p.m. at the high school and by all accounts should be a long and passionate one with the school, budget expected to dominate the night's discussion.
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