CONWAY — Nella Thompson, a parent and Eaton School Board member, who said she got complaints from three families about the gender-neutral bathroom policy at Mountainside Intermediate School in Conway Village, wants the Conway School Board to revisit the issue.
“In light of what we’re hearing and the phone calls I’ve received, someone on the prevailing side needs to make a motion that we revisit the last vote,” Randy Davison, the senior member of the Conway School Board, said at their Nov. 25 meeting.
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