One Source Identified

At last night's Westport Board of Education meeting, Gavin Anderson, chairman of the King's Highway Elementary Maintenance Review Committee identified the kitchen and stove exhaust as a possible source of high co2 levels in certain classrooms.

The stove vents onto the roof by room 28 and the vent is low enough that the exhaust could be sucked back into room 28's air conditioning unit. Mr. Anderson said he expects to recommend a 6-8 foot stack be added to prevent any exhaust from entering classrooms.

Room 28 is the second grade class where 14 of 19 parents reported children with chronic nose bleeds, sinusitis, headaches, asthma and other ailments.