CONWAY — While paperwork has been submitted to the New Hampshire Department of Education to change the names of two Conway elementary schools, a group of residents who are petitioning the Conway School Board want a revote on the topic next Monday.
One school board member, Randy Davison, agrees and said he plans to call for the revote. Another member, Mike DiGregorio, said the votes on the school names taken last month are null and void as the proper procedure was not followed.
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If it an’t broke don’t fix it…. don’t you have many other important things to spend your time on.
I second it. Diana Lee . If it ant broke don’t fix it.
I consider the new school names bland and without connection to the town. The changes take away our history. Diana Lees (Kennett 1956)
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