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Board approves vendor work for campus trees amid community questions; member urges a review of school‑meal ingredients
Summary
The board approved services agreements that include tree‑work on multiple sites; facilities staff said trees damaging concrete and underground piping required removal in some locations. A board member asked the district to examine school‑meal ingredients and nutrition education despite the food services team receiving a USDA recognition.
The Lenox School District Board of Education approved several business‑office service agreements that include facility repairs and vendor work on campus trees, prompting questions from a board member about the scale of removals and options to preserve tree canopy. Facilities staff explained that vendor assessments identified trees whose roots were lifting concrete, affecting portable buildings, penetrating chain walls and interfering with underground piping; the board…
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