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Region 15 board approves minutes, healthy food certification and limited after-hours food sales; moves to executive session
Summary
At its May 12 meeting the Regional School District 15 Board of Education approved minutes from April, certified compliance with Connecticut's school nutrition standards for 2025-26, authorized limited sales of noncompliant food at certain after-school events, and voted to convene an executive session for superintendent evaluation.
The Regional School District 15 Board of Education on May 12 took several routine actions: it approved minutes from the April 28 regular meeting; certified that food offered for sale to students will meet Connecticut nutrition standards for the 2025-26 school year; authorized limited sales of items that do not meet the state nutrition standards if sold at events outside the regular school day and at the event location; and voted to move into an executive session to review the superintendent's year-end evaluation.
The board read aloud the certification required by Connecticut law for school food offerings. The board certified compliance "pursuant to CGS section 10-2215m" for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026; the certification covers all foods offered for sale separately from reimbursable meals, including school stores, vending machines, culinary programs and fundraising activities.
The board also approved a state-authorized exception that allows sale of food items that do not meet the Connecticut nutrition standards provided three conditions are met: (1) the sale occurs in connection with an event after the regular school day or on a weekend; (2) the sale is at the location of that event; and (3) the items are not sold from a vending machine or school store. The meeting included reading the statute's explanatory language outlining examples (for instance, a soccer game qualifies as an event; a soccer practice does not).
Board members conducted roll-call votes on both certifications; the clerk read the motions aloud and the board recorded "aye" votes. The meeting record states the votes carried; for the healthy-food certification and for the limited-sale authorization, the chair said the measures carried unanimously.
Finally, the board moved to convene an executive session to review the superintendent's year-end evaluation and to invite the superintendent. That motion was moved, seconded and approved by roll call.
No new policy language or substantive changes to the nutrition standards were adopted at the meeting; the two certifications are annual procedural actions required by state statute.
Votes at a glance: - Approval: Minutes of April 28, 2025 regular meeting — outcome: approved (motion made and seconded; roll call carried). - Approval: Connecticut State Healthy Foods Certification (CGS 10-2215m) covering 07/01/2025'06/30/2026 — outcome: approved (roll call; recorded as unanimous in the meeting record). - Approval: Authorization to allow sale of food/beverage items that do not meet Connecticut nutrition standards at events occurring after the school day, at the event location and not from vending or school store — outcome: approved (roll call; recorded as carried). - Motion: Move into executive session for superintendent year-end evaluation (superintendent invited) — outcome: approved (roll call).
