CONWAY — The MWV Cooperative District Planning Board took two votes last week, first voting unanimously not to go forward with the formation of a cooperative school district. Following that vote, the committee then unanimously voted to dissolve.
“We all came to the same conclusion, no to a cooperative school district,” Mark Hounsell of Conway, who served as chair of the 24-member committee, said by phone on Thursday. “There was no dissension.”
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