CONWAY — Local state representatives support the idea of charter schools but have fears of the long-term price tag they may have on Granite State.
That’s one of the reasons why they believe their colleagues on the 10-member Legislative Fiscal Committee voted not to accept a $46 million federal grant, which the newly created Northeast Woodland Chartered Public School in Conway was in line to be the first recipient of the some of that funding.
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