CONWAY — The Northeast Woodland Chartered Public School and the Mount Washington Valley Economic Council are in a court battle that may result in the demise of whichever side loses.
Northeast, a K-8 school with 170 students that has rented classroom space and a vacant lot at the Economic Council's Technology Village since 2020, is suing the council for $6.7 million — about the cost of building a new school.
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