CONWAY — When the Conway Municipal Budget Committee holds its lone public hearing on the town and school warrants on Wednesday night, the biggest topic of discussion is expected to be the need to replace 511 windows at Kennett High School, and the best route to accomplish that goal.
Budgeteers weighed in Monday during the Conway School Board’s meeting and bond hearing, which laid out a plan for a $1.3 million bond for the project. The board also shared an alternative to the bond which would require paying for the project in one year as opposed to five under the bond. But it also would mean exhausting much of the money currently held in the Expendable Trust Fund for Kennett High School.
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