CONWAY — On Wednesday night, after 40 minutes of often emotional public comment, the Conway School Board voted 5-2 to change the current names of the district’s two elementary schools back to versions of their original names.
Most board members said they were following the will of town voters who in April supported Article 14, which asked to change the names of Lakeside Primary School and Mountainside Intermediate to Pine Tree Primary School and Conway Intermediate School. The article, which passed 1,142-794, was non-binding.
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