Formal News Release

The town website announced the First Selectman's formation of a King's Highway Maintenance Committee. The Committee will be charged to:

1. Evaluate the school’s present conditions related to air quality and other matters, including potential health risks, using past data currently available as well as results of any additional assessments the committee deems necessary.

2. Determine corrective action that may be required, and the time needed for such measures to be effective.

3. Recommend to the First Selectman, the Board of Education, and the Superintendent of Schools, steps that will ensure the opening of the school by the planned date of Aug. 27, 2007, in an environmentally safe and healthy condition.

4. Keep the parties mentioned in [3] above fully informed of progress and, in a punctual manner, of any results or determinations that might affect the planned school opening date.

5, Report in writing full details of work performed, results, findings and conclusions, together with plans for immediate short and longer term remedies, including recommended practices to prevent recurrence of any health safety issues identified.

You can read the full press release here at the town site. The release was also covered by WestportNow.