CONWAY — What will our schools look like when they reopen? When will they reopen?
Those are two of the biggest questions the SAU 9 Re-Entry Committee will begin trying to answer amid the COVID-19 pandemic when it holds its first scheduled meeting this Wednesday, via Zoom, at 3 p.m.
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