‘Waiting to See the Nurse’

UPDATE A parent at Westport’s Coleytown Middle School today posted this photo, which was described as “over 30 kids waiting to see the nurse.” Social media was abuzz with parents reporting their children at the school, which has been battling mold issues, were sick and awaiting pickup to go home. One father who picked up his daughter at the school said: “The library was full of sick kids. My daughter said kids were throwing up all around her. Lots of angry parents screaming at staff.” In early afternoon, Superintendent of Schools Colleen Palmer told parents in an email that absences today exceeded 50, double the normal rate, and the nurse’s office handled “dozens of students” who complained of various ailments. She said “in an abundance of caution,” the school will be closed Thursday and Friday after the scheduled closure Wednesday for the Jewish holiday of Yum Kippur to further evaluate the problems. She said a scheduled meeting on the mold issue on Thursday at 7 p.m. will be shifted to Bedford Middle School. Photo from Facebook.com