CONWAY — Last week, students and staff across SAU 9 and SAU 13 enjoyed a fun-filled final week of classes, with Monday serving as the shortened last day of the school year.
For Madison Elementary, the community rallied to make the final week of school a reality. Numerous roads there were washed out by flash flooding that dropped 7 inches of rain on the area and the school was forced to close on June 11 and 12.
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