CONWAY — An outspoken member of the Conway School Board’s school closure committee has changed his mind about which of the town’s three elementary schools should be closed due to declining enrollment and increasing budgets.
Bill Marvel, who originally felt Pine Tree School in Center Conway should be shuttered, now says it makes more sense to close John H. Fuller Elementary in North Conway.
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