CONWAY — Nothing from the Guv.
That was the message School Superintendent Kevin Richard shared with the Conway School Board on Monday night. It’s been two weeks since the board wrote to Gov. Chris Sununu asking that teachers and staff who are on the front lines of face-to-face learning be moved up in the COVID-19 vaccine schedule.
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