A Call For Action

At 7:00pm this evening the Westport Weston Health District (WWHD) held a public meeting at town hall to address concerns regarding the air quality and general environmental conditions at the King's Highway Elementary School. Westport-news.com posted notice of the meeting and background on the situation. Overflow interest by parents and the media moved the meeting to the auditorium.


Speakers at the meeting included representatives from the state, from the town, Mr. Landon, and members of the KHS Clean Air Committee. Our presentation will be posted in the next couple of days.

A number of parents voiced their concerns that Mr. Landon, the BOE and administration has not taken enough steps to safeguard the school and demanded more testing. It was evident that the representative from the state had not been fully briefed on the situation, had not visited the entire school and had not been provided with history and records beyond the recent May 2007 report.

The meeting was covered by News Channel 12. You can see their detailed report here. WestportNow provided limited coverage after the event. Click here to read their note. The Hour in Norwalk also covered the event. Their report requires a subscription. Click here to see Google's cached version of their article.