CONWAY — The Conway School Board will hold a public hearing on renaming Pine Tree and Conway Elementary schools Monday at 6:30 p.m. The reconfiguration of the schools as K-2 and 3-5 is seen as an opportunity to “rebrand” the facilities.
The school board had voted April 17 to close John H. Fuller Elementary in North Conway Village due to falling enrollment in all three schools.
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