The Radford City School Board on July 8 approved a package of personnel appointments, policy updates and agreements and voted to ask Radford City Council for a one-year exemption that would allow the school nutrition program to use its existing Styrofoam lunch trays.

Board members approved the appointment of Carrie Long as clerk, Cindy Blankenship as deputy clerk, JC Hamilton as agent and a deputy agent as part of a single motion. The board also approved consent items and accepted the superintendent’s reports and several policy updates.

The superintendent (name not specified in the meeting transcript) told the board that Styrofoam “has been outlawed for, lack of a better term,” and said the division will ask the city to “exempt Radford City Schools from doing away with all Styrofoam for 1 year” so the schools can use existing stock while staffing or equipment issues arise. The board voted to approve the exemption request to present to city council.

On policy, the board accepted a revised Safety and Crisis Management Guide; a set of policy revisions from the Virginia School Boards Association with additions including terms for AI use and a personnel policy statement of ethics; and a revised Student Code of Conduct for 2025–26. The superintendent said the code’s update emphasizes “continuity and consistency between schools” and clearer steps for repeated offenses.

The board also voted to approve an MOU with New River Valley Community Services (NRVCS), describing the partnership as a continuing wraparound-services relationship with NRVCS staff working in schools and families’ homes. The board approved a reimbursement resolution described in the packet as a VPS ARP reimbursement for web-based supplies for 2026, and it voted to transfer trusteeship for the James P. King Award from Truist Bank to Edward Jones, with Caroline Gaskins taking oversight.

In procedural business the board convened in a closed session under Virginia Code section 2.2-3711(a)(1) to discuss personnel appointments, resignations, retirements and student admissions. After returning to open session the board certified the closed meeting and approved personnel items and tuition students as discussed in closed session.

All motions taken on the items above were approved by voice vote as recorded in the meeting. Specific roll-call tallies or named individual votes were not provided in the transcript.