CONWAY — Four longtime educators — Steve Bamsey, a fifth-grade teacher at Mountainside Intermediate School; Sara Horan, a teacher at Kennett Middle School; Colleen Hill, an English teacher at Kennett High School; and Kristen Carey, a language arts teacher at Kennett Middle School — have applied for and were granted early retirement.
The Conway School Board voted unanimously to accept three retirements, but board member Randy Davison balked at granting Carey’s request.
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Retire at 55 and get paid? Those of us in the private sector must wait until 62…that’s lucrative!!!!
No wonder why taxes go up !!
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