CONWAY — On Aug. 8, the SAU 9 Board voted to give the position of SAU 9 superintendent to Assistant Superintendent Aimee Frechette along with a three-year contract and a base salary of $175,000, with room for performance-based raises.
They’d voted Aug. 1 to start negotiations with Frechette after their top candidate bowed out with a little more than a month until the start of school.
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