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Board approves Head Start criteria, healthy food certification and several facilities motions
Summary
The board approved the 2027 Head Start selection criteria, renewed Connecticut Healthy Food Certification (and a post-school-hours beverage exemption), accepted a completed rooftop HVAC project pending state audit and approved a middle-school roof replacement bid.
The East Hartford Board of Education approved multiple routine items during the meeting.
Head Start selection criteria: A district presenter outlined the 2027 Head Start selection criteria — which weigh public assistance, family income, disability, parental and employment status, education and family status against federal poverty guidelines — and noted a change at Hockanum School to accept students beginning at age 2.9. The board moved and approved the selection criteria.
Healthy Food Certification: District food services presented the Connecticut Healthy Food Certification under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-215f and said the district received about $81,000 in FY25 tied to certification. The board approved the certification and voted to allow a post-school-hours beverage exemption to permit PTO fundraising.
Facilities and procurement approvals: The board accepted a completed rooftop heated air conditioning project at East Hartford High School and was told the State Department of Administrative Services will complete a final review and estimated reimbursement of $180,860.13 once the town attorney signs state forms and the audit is complete. The board also approved bid 18852-2 for the East Hartford Middle School Media Center HVAC roof replacement (State Project 43003).
The minutes and motions did not record individual roll-call vote tallies in the transcript excerpts; motions were announced as carried by voice vote.
