CONWAY — Joe Mosca was re-elected chair of the Conway School Board on Monday night, but it was far from an easy journey back to the head of the table.
In what was the longest board reorganization meeting in the past 30 years, it took almost 45 minutes for the new board to decide on a chair. Traditionally, it's taken less than two minutes to elect a chair.
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