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Hardy County Board approves wellness, parent-engagement policies, new bus and assistant superintendent
Summary
The Hardy County Board of Education on Monday approved a student wellness policy, updated parent/guardian engagement wording in Title I documents, authorized a 77-passenger Bluebird bus purchase and hired an assistant superintendent for 2026–27.
The Hardy County Board of Education approved multiple policy and personnel items Monday, voting to adopt a student and staff wellness policy, to revise its Title I family-engagement wording, to purchase a 77‑passenger Bluebird bus and to appoint Jennifer Strong as assistant superintendent for the 2026–27 school year.
Board members first approved routine consent items and then moved to unfinished business, where the Student and Staff Wellness Policy (JF) passed after a short discussion about water availability and breakfast menus in district cafeterias. A board member asked, “How is that water other than the bottled water that they sell? How are students able to get that?” Administration representatives said free drinking water is available in cafeterias and that some kitchens use coolers with cups when fountains are not present. The…
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