CONWAY — The Conway Municipal Budget Committee is making a list of recommendation to bring to the Conway School Board on Jan. 22. Among them is exploring a seventh-through-12th-grade school.
Thinking further outside the box, one budgeteer suggested turning Kennett Middle School into apartments.
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