CONWAY —How do you arrange a bus stop for a student who lives on a hill in a high speed area on a busy road?
Conway School Board members couldn't agree on an answer to that question when they met on Monday but they told the facilities committee to find a better solution when they rejected its recommendation that new residents at the Hitching Post cabins on Route 16 be told their bus stop would be three-tenths of a mile south at Leavitt's Bakery.
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