Landon Blames Teacher

At last night's Westport Board of Education meeting at Staples High School, Elliott Landon gave a history of the air quality situation at KHS. When discussing the second grade 2005-2006 class health issues for students assigned to the pod, he faulted the King's Highway classroom teacher for not running the ventilators.

Parents were shocked at this statement given that this new teacher to the school had never been provided instructions to operate the ventilators and that her health subsequently became compromised. Additionally, given the importance of running the ventilators, Mr. Landon and his staff never did early follow up to make sure they were running properly.

The Board of Education members did not question Landon's blaming a sick teacher for the administration's failure.