CONWAY — A petition signed by more than half the student body at Kennett High School was submitted to the Conway School Board on Monday asking that student spectators be allowed to attend home basketball and hockey games.
With the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus being highly contagious, there has been a sharp rise in positive cases in the school district.
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