CONWAY — After a six-month search for the next superintendent of SAU 9, the position has been offered to education consultant Dr. Kathryn Morem of Jupiter, Fla., although a contract has not yet been finalized.
She was the unanimous choice of the 13-member superintendent search committee, which spoke highly of the educator, who listed one of her career goals as becoming a school superintendent.
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