More Mold Found

After conducting tests in the Gymnasium, the Westport King's Highway Maintenance Review Committee found mold behind the gym walls. The gym sits partially under ground level.

It is possible the gym won't be available when school opens as remediation will be necessary.

Even though Elliott Landon told parents that the elementary school was safe in his July letter, this mold represents a continuing series of clean up requirements that the MRC has found since it began testing. This is the testing the BOE balked at paying for only one week ago.

According to independent consultant Gil Cormier of New Britain-based Occupational Risk Control Services, Inc., the "mold has been there for an extended period of time". The MRC has not yet found the source of the water running behind the gym wall that allowed the mold to grow. Samples of the mold have been sent in for testing.

You can read an extensive story on this mold in Westport Now by clicking here.