CONWAY — The Conway Municipal Budget Committee voted 8-5 to support a proposed three-year teacher contract on the school warrant, but it received scrutiny at the committee’s public hearing last week.
Last month, the Conway School Board and Conway Education Association (teachers union) reached a tentative agreement on what would be the third three-year teacher contract in a row.
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