CONWAY — While the 11-member John Fuller School Action Ad-Hoc Committee wrestles with what to do with the former K-6 elementary school property, three entities have submitted proposals for the 10.8-acre site.
The Robert Frost Chartered School and Breakthrough Academy Chartered Public School submitted proposals to use the facility as a school, while Tiffany Roberts of Tamworth proposed bringing three of her businesses — the Saco Valley Gymnastics Training Center, a child care and preschool, and Compass Children’s Clinic, which offers therapeutic services.
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