Following the news that a lawsuit was filed by Marissa and Chris Lowthert against the town of Wilton, the Board of Education and the Wilton Schools (as well as several individuals) over claims regarding indoor air quality at Miller-Driscoll School, GOOD Morning Wilton reached out to the Board of Education chairman Bruce Likly as well as first selectman Bill Brennan for comment. [Note: we included town counsel Ken Bernhard in that email request.]
Town counsel Ken Bernhard replied that the town doesn’t comment on active litigation matters. He added, “The file will be sent to the town’s insurance carrier for a defense.
At last night’s Board of Education meeting, during his chairman’s report, Bruce Likly confirmed that the district had been served with the lawsuit filed by the Lowtherts, saying, “On a more sobering note, the district was served with a lawsuit yesterday,” he said, noting that he was personally named in the suit, as was first selectman Bill Brennan and other town officials. “We’ll be referring it over to our insurance company, and there’s nothing we can really say or do about it.”
Among other news from the Board of Education meeting, related to Miller-Driscoll, superintendent Dr. Kevin Smith mentioned that on Monday, Nov. 23, there will be an inaugural meeting of a parent committee to help improve communication around the building project. Smith said there were approximately 15 parents who will be participating and that Miller-Driscoll assistant principal Jeremy Cross will be chairing the committee, with BoE member Laura Schwemm also taking part.
During next Monday’s meeting of the committee, Turner Construction‘s Mike Douyard, the site manager during the renovation, will take the committee on a tour of the site and discuss logistics of the project. Smith added that the committee will meet regularly as construction gets underway.
