CONWAY — A couple of records were set at the annual Conway School Deliberative Meeting on Monday night.
It was the shortest meeting on record since Conway switched to the SB 2 form of school meetings in 2001, adjourning after just 40 minutes, to easily top last year’s 57-minute meeting.
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