Kevin Richard

School Superintendent Kevin Richard and the SAU 9 Administrative Team sent out an open letter to the community on Wednesday encouraging people "to have difficult conversations and address issues of equity, diversity and injustice when they arise." (LLOYD JONES PHOTO)

CONWAY — “We must use our voices and power not to just call for change, but to create it,” is the message local school administrators in an open letter to the community posted at the top of the SAU 9 website and on "SAU9" Facebook page on Wednesday, urging everyone to have a conversation about equity and diversity.

The letter is signed by Superintendent Kevin Richard, Assistant Superintendent Kadie Wilson, SAU 9 Director of Special Services Pamela Stimpson, Conway School District Technology Director Dale Anderson and MWV Career and Technical Center Director Virginia Schrader, as well as the principals of all the Conway, Bartlett and Jackson schools: Danielle Nutting, Joe Yahna, Aimee Frechette, Gayle Dembowski, Rick Biche, Kevin Carpenter and Jason Robert.

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