CONWAY — Still only in draft form, the Conway School Board got its first look at the proposed budget for 2021-22 last week and it tops $40 million for the first time, which is up roughly $1.5 million over the current budget. The chief reason for the hike is health insurance. School officials are bracing for a 10 percent increase in health insurance premiums.
Superintendent Kevin Richard shared the first draft of the budget on Nov. 22 with the school board’s budget committee, which is made up of all seven Conway board members along with an SAU 9 representative (Tim Sorgi of Albany) and an SAU 13 rep — a position that has gone unfilled for more than a decade.
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