JACKSON — At a contentious Jackson School Board meeting on Monday, issues were raised by former board members and the public about an apparent preference to send high schoolers to Fryeburg Academy instead of Kennett High School.
But despite the lack of a presence at SAU 9 Board meetings, the chair said that the Jackson School Board does want to stay in the SAU, provided it can work out a mutually beneficial tuition contract with Conway.
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