CONWAY — Now what? That question has been asked by many after the Conway School Board’s monumental decision to close John H. Fuller Elementary School in North Conway at the end of the school year and approval of reconfiguring Pine Tree School in Center Conway as a K-2 school, Conway Elementary as a grade 3-5 school and Kennett Middle as a grade 6-8 school.
Superintendent Kevin Richard said Tuesday he and other administrators have developed a priority list.
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