CONWAY — After appearing to have been shelved for at least one more year, an early childhood education warrant article has been resurrected by some Conway School Board members, who are making a last-minute effort to bring it to voters this April.
If it is approved, all three elementary schools in the district would add a publicly supported preschool beginning in September.
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