First Selectman Takes Action

As you can read in the enclosed email that we sent to all parents who've contacted us, First Selectman Gordon Joseloff has taken significant action by retaining the services of Gil Cormier, a respected independent air quality specialist with Occupational Risk Control Services. Gil has worked with other Connecticut school districts to improve the air quality in their schools and to recommend specific actions to remediate mold and to lower CO2 levels.

The state health representatives who attended last Wednesday's WWHD meeting knew of and were supportive in bringing Mr. Cormier on board.

After being retained by Mr. Joseloff on Friday, Mr. Cormier took his first 90 minute tour of the school with a member of our committee. Though he was denied access to the classrooms, we expect he will have full access to the school starting Monday when he begins a process to examine:

• heating and cool systems
• pathways
• crawl spaces
• roof
• behind ceiling tiles
• rugs
• unit ventilators
• external pods (e.g., music pod)

In addition, Mr. Cormier is expected to interview teachers and maintenance workers for historical background and test for mold and bacteria.

You can get more detail by reading our email here.

We need to thank Gordon for taking this important step to safeguard the students and teachers at King's Highway Elementary, to better understand and baseline the current exposures at the school and to set in place a plan so that the school can reopen next month with parents fully confident that it is safe for their children.