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CONWAY â What a difference a month makes. The Conway School Board had been facing a $2.1 million increase to the proposed 2021-22 operating budget. But after extensive meetings between administrators and âsome difficult decisionsâ being made, on Monday night, Superintendent Kevin Richard was able to present to the board a new budget that was about $1 million lower. The operating budget that the school board unanimously voted to accept on Monday totals $37,439,229 (excluding warrant articles). It is up 3.46 percent over the current 2020-21 budget of $36,185,460. âWe definitely sharpened the pencils,â Richard said at Monday's Zoom-held school board meeting, which was attended by about 30 people.