Westport First Selectman Gordon Joseloff said today the town is working to assure residents that the King’s Highway Elementary School air quality is safe.
King’s Highway Elementary School is subject of mold concerns. File photo

In a statement issued in response to press inquiries about mold issues at the school, Joseloff said: “The Town of Westport, as owner of the King’s Highway Elementary School building, is taking steps to assure residents that the school’s air quality meets safe standards in time for the start of school.

“Last Thursday, I convened a meeting at the school with several town department heads, Sue Jacozzi, director of the Westport Weston Health District, and several school officials to review the situation. We also toured the school, including room 28, about which questions have been raised.

“Today, I met with two representatives of concerned parents and later with Schools Superintendent Elliott Landon, Town Attorney Ira Bloom, and Sue Jacozzi (who participated by phone).

Taking pictures to preserve high school memories was a common activity at tonight’s Longshore Club Park party for members of Westport’s Staples High School Class of 2007. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

A member of the Staples High School Class of 2007 has a hug for a teacher at the end of today’s graduation ceremony. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Parents happily watched and recorded tonight’s eighth grade graduate procession from the bleachers at Westport’s Bedford Middle School. Most of the 302 students who participated in the “Moving Up Ceremony” will begin ninth grade at Staples High School in August as the Class of 2011. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Emily Hamilton Laux for WestportNow.com

The fifth grade class of Westport’s Saugatuck Elementary School learned about malaria and decided to help children at risk from contracting this life-threatening disease. The class held a school-wide walkathon and other fund-raising activities and raised more than $4,350. Today they donated this money to children in Malawi, Africa through Save the Children, which will use the money to treat Malawi children at their schools. Treatment in a school setting encourages school attendance and allows doctors to track students’ medical health.  (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com