CONWAY — Although SAU 9 Superintendent Kevin Richard said schools can’t ask if people are vaccinated, he said to his knowledge, 80 percent of local school staff has received the COVID-19 vaccine.
“We can’t ask ‘Are you vaccinated?’; we have to assume that everyone is unvaccinated,” said SAU 9 Superintendent Kevin Richard, as he and other administrators prepared for the 2021-22 school year.
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