CONWAY — The N.H. Department of Education has named Northeast Woodland Chartered Public School, located at the Tech Village in Conway Village, as among the lowest performing in the state.
However, Sarah Arnold, the head of school at Northeast Woodland says the numbers are skewed because some parents didn’t allow their children to participate in testing.
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