CONWAY — Two weeks after a budget committee member urged the Conway School Board to add another budgeteer to its facilities committee — a k a the school closure committee — board member Matt Stearns said he would like to see the committee disband.
He told fellow board members at the May 22 meeting he feels it’s time to move on from the idea of closing an elementary school.
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