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Board grants one-year exemption for Shenandoah County schools from state polystyrene ban
Summary
Shenandoah County supervisors approved a one-year local exemption allowing county schools to continue using expanded-polystyrene food containers while they transition to alternatives; the board cited cost and inventory concerns after hearing an estimate that conversion could cost up to $20,000 per school per year.
Shenandoah County supervisors voted Aug. 12 to grant the county school system a one-year local exemption from Virginia's expanded-polystyrene food-service ban.
The board approved the exemption after Speaker 6 explained that the Virginia Department of Education, citing attorney general guidance, interprets the statute's "20 or more locations" threshold to include school systems. Speaker 6…
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