CONWAY — “I couldn’t imagine working in another community,” Superintendent Kevin Richard said Tuesday after the SAU 9 Board last Thursday unanimously extended his contract through the 2024 school year.
“When it’s time to hang up the cleats, it will be SAU 9,” Richard said by phone and added, “This is where I need to be as long as they want me.”
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