CONWAY — If Conway closes an elementary school, it will either be John H. Fuller in North Conway or Pine Tree in Center Conway.
Members of the Conway School District's school closure committee agreed at their meeting last Thursday that it makes no sense to close Conway Elementary, which is on the same campus as Kennett Middle School and the SAU 9 Office in Conway Village.
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