CONWAY — Over half of the 221 towns across the Granite State approved Question 2, the school tax cap question, at the polls on Tuesday. On Wednesday, it left school officials wondering what the next step will be.
“We’re currently trying to sift our way through it and what it all means,” said SAU 9 Superintendent Aimee Frechette by phone on Wednesday morning.
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