To avoid breaking the law, instead of appointing someone to fill the vacant at-large seat on the Conway School Board, the district is starting over with the process and planning to fill the position — and the Zone 4 vacancy — at a special meeting at 5 p.m. Aug. 7.
The board met Monday with plans to hear from five candidates and appoint one to fill the at-large seat vacated by Sheila Franklin, the board president who resigned May 11 so that her daughter could legally be hired as assistant girls basketball coach at Conway High School. Franklin also applied for the seat she vacated.
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