CONWAY — In two narrow 4-3 votes, the Conway School Board voted to give Pine Tree School and Conway Elementary School new names: Lakeside Primary and Mountainside Intermediate School in time for the 2024-25 school year. Reconfiguring the schools as K-2 and 3-5, respectively, were behind the push for the new names, which was seen as an opportunity to “rebrand” the facilities.
“I’ve got the forms on my desk right now and will be shipping them down to the (state) Department of Education,” Superintendent Kevin Richard said by phone Tuesday morning.
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