CONWAY — While the decision if or when to close one of the three elementary schools in Conway has yet to be reached, the Conway School Board’s school closure committee is narrowing in on what two remaining schools could look like.
At its May 5 meeting, committee members leaned toward two K-5 elementary schools rather than a K-2 and grade 3-5 schools. Members also spent the bulk of their hourlong meeting talking about bus routes and concerns about some children potentially spending up to three ho rs a day on a bus to and from school.
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