CONWAY — Over 160 people turned out to Kennett High's Loynd Auditorium last Thursday for the SAU 9 School Board’s vote on the re-entry plan for the coming school year.
It was a boisterous 2 1/2 hours, with just over half of the attendees in loud opposition to making masks mandatory when classes begin Sept. 2. There was cheering, jeering, clapping and booing, depending on who was speaking and what camp you were in.
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