CONWAY — Jason Robert will become the next principal of Conway Elementary School after Brian Hastings retires at the end of June.
The Conway School Board voted 6-0 to hire the 37-year-old Hebron educator Monday night, and Hastings vowed to do everything he can to make it “as smooth a transition a possible.”
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