One of the hot button topics for the future of SAU 9 is whether or not to move the sixth grades from the elementary schools to the middle school.
For the short time that I have been monitoring this question there has been very little traction. If anything, the topic has been paralyzing the Conway School Board and by extension the educators who are responsible for the education and growth of our children.
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