Info Meeting On Birch Grove Foundation Work Slated In Tolland

TOLLAND, CT — A townwide meeting to discuss the foundation at Birch Grove Primary School has been scheduled for Wednesday, March 27, at 7 p.m. in the Tolland High School Auditorium.

Childcare will be offered for this meeting. Those needed the service should email jpalumbo@tolland.k12.ct.us by March 25, to make arrangements.

The foundation at Birch Grove has cracking and contains the mineral pyrrhotite, which is responsible for the crumbling foundations crisis across north central and part of eastern Connecticut.

Earlier this month, to illustrate the foundation epidemic, U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02), a senior member of the House Education and Labor Committee, joined Superintendent of Schools Walter Willett and other school officials toured the school following the announcement that construction to repair the building's crumbling foundation will likely begin in early 2020.

The tour was also planned to illustrate last month's Education and Labor Committee markup of the Rebuild America's Schools Act (H.R. 865), which includes provisions authored by Courtney to provide relief for schools facing structural damage amid the crumbling foundations crisis.

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