FRYEBURG, Maine — The MSAD 72 school board convened an emergency meeting Monday night as parents demanded answers after a special-needs elementary student went missing for several hours last week while being transported by a substitute driver to an out-of-district school.
Monday's meeting drew about two dozen area residents.
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