CONWAY — With eight days of school in the book, SAU 9 appears on pace to easily surpass the 132 positive cases of COVID-19 between its seven schools last year. The SAU didn’t get its first case of the virus until Oct. 7 in 2020.
As of Friday, there were 12 active cases in SAU 9, which covers Kennett High, Kennett Middle, Pine Tree Elementary, Conway Elementary and John H. Fuller Elementary, all in Conway, along with Josiah Bartlett Elementary in Bartlett and Jackson Grammar School.
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