CONWAY — Cheri Sullivan announced Monday "with a heavy heart" that she is stepping down from her seat on the Conway School Board.
Sullivan, who is just finishing up the first year of her three year-term, said the impact of the COVID-19 virus, which has forced two of her college-age children to return home and study remotely, prompted her to look for a larger place to live, and that may mean moving out of Conway.
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