CONWAY — Just over 50 percent of the students who begin their educational careers at Pine Tree School in Center Conway and John H. Fuller Elementary in North Conway attend the K-6 buildings all seven years.
The Conway School District has a high transient student population that causes ripple effects both for families, the student and their classmates.
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