CONWAY — What was meant to be a chance to raise money for the graphics program at the Mount Washington Valley Career and Technical Center at Kennett High School didn’t turn out quite the way it was intended.
Graphics teacher Abbey Donaldson had hoped to use next month’s graduation as an opportunity for her students to keep working on their portraiture skills while adding to the program’s financial coffers.
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