Landon/Harris Blocking BOE?

At yesterday's Westport Board of Education meeting, a parent questioned why Mr. Landon did not disclose during his History of Air Quality presentation to the BOE on August 13th, the existence and minutes of a Air Quality Committee that was formed in 2001 specifically to look at King's Highway.

Especially troubling to the parent was that Elliott Landon's Assistant Superintendent Nancy Harris was called out for having sat on that 2001 committee and not having made its existence known to the BOE, parents or town MRC led by Gavin Anderson. Ms. Harris did not answer when the parent asked if she would make the minutes of this committee available to the BOE or Mr. Anderson.

The BOE members all appeared to not have heard of this committee before it was disclosed by the parent. Gavin Anderson appeared to not have heard of this committee and seemed genuinely interested in any of its findings. Mr. Landon would have been copied on the minutes of the committee.

Given that Nancy Harris made the a/c unit from room 28 disappear, parents were not surprised with her failure to disclose this air quality committee, its findings or minutes.

Another parent asked the BOE for a guarantee that they have disclosed all reports, minutes, and findings related to air quality at KHS to the MRC and to parents of children at King's Highway. This guarantee was not given.