CONWAY — Sixth grade won’t be the same at Conway Elementary School. For the past three decades, Peter Malkin and Kim Mathison have been at the end of the north hallway, making sure each student felt safe and respected.
Malkin, 69, of Conway, is dean of the school district’s retiring educators and has spent the past 41 years as a Conway Cougar, while Mathison, 57, of Tamworth, has spent the last 20 years in the room next-door to Malkin.
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