CONWAY — SAU 9 has topped 100 positive COVID-19 tests so far this school year, and school officials say they may be close to enacting more restrictive measures on campuses.
“We didn’t hit 100 cases last year until mid-April,” Superintendent Kevin Richard said Tuesday. “We’re seeing numbers we’ve never seen before here.”
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