CONWAY — Summer is over for teachers, staff and students across the Mount Washington Valley who are returning to their classrooms — some this week, and others next week.
MSAD 72 in Fryeburg, Maine, started the 2023-24 school year on Wednesday, while classes will start Thursday in SAU 9 along with the Northeast Woodland Chartered School.
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