CONWAY — Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut's "Learn Everywhere" initiative may have some support around the Granite State, but no one at Monday's Conway School Board meeting was touting it.
School Superintendent Kevin Richard said he and district principals oppose the initiative, and the board voted unanimously to immediately send a letter to state Department of Education declaring their dissatisfaction with the program.
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Getting credit outside the system is threatening to the system and to potentially-shortchanged students who don't really measure up in off-site education. On the other hand, students can be potentially shortchanged by having to heel to the on-site system. Some compromise seems advisable.
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