CONWAY — Two separate attempts to trim the proposed 2022-23 Conway School District budget — first by nearly $600,000, then by $400,000 — both fell short at the Conway Municipal Budget Committee’s lone public hearing on Wednesday night.
Budgeteers along with town and school officials met for three hours in the Loynd Auditorium at Kennett High School. The meeting drew just two citizens who were not affiliated wit the school or the town.
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