Dinwiddie County School Board approves crisis plan, nutrition contracts and several routine items

The Dinwiddie County School Board on Wednesday approved a set of routine and policy items, including a division-level crisis management plan required by state law, cooperative nutrition supply contracts for 2025–26 and an initial one-year produce contract with an option to renew.

The board also voted on multiple parental requests to release students from compulsory attendance for religious reasons, approved personnel and expenditure reports, and authorized a school field trip to the National FFA Convention.

The votes matter because they put in place procurement arrangements for the coming school year, formalize the division's emergency procedures under state code, and record final actions on student attendance exemptions and routine governance items.

Key votes and outcomes (summary of motions recorded during the meeting): - Certification of closed session: Board certified that the closed session was conducted in accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act; motion passed by voice vote with individual certifications recorded by members present. (Transcript evidence: certification roll call.) - Agenda adoption: Adopted as presented; motion passed by voice vote. - Personnel approval: Personnel…