CONWAY — Two weeks after voting to adopt on first reading a new student dress code that permits hats, hoodies and pajama pants in school, the Conway School Board balked at the final passage of the policy Monday night.
The board voted 5-2 (Cassie Capone, Michelle Capozzoli, Randy Davison, Joe Mosca and Ryan Wallace in the affirmative, Barbara Lyons and Jessica Whitelaw opposed) to send the policy back to the policy committee and do a review of dress codes at other Division II schools.
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