CONWAY — Would the Conway School Board consider hiring a private manager for the food service program and retaining its 12 employees rather than going entirely the private route?
That’s the alternative AFSCME Council 93 Regional Coordinator Steve Lyons is proposing in order to save the jobs of his union members.
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