CONWAY — Things have not gone as the Conway School Board had hoped when it comes to a high school tuition agreement with all the sending towns. Conway hoped all the towns would bring a warrant article forward to their voters in March for a five-year tuition agreement to Kennett High School.
While the agreement wouldn’t take effect until the 2027-28 school year, Conway needs the towns to be committed going forward by this fall, when it begins budgeting for the 2027-28 school year.
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