Voluntown Elementary School

Tools for Schools

Overview

Tools for Schools is a preventative and proactive program developed by the Federal Department of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to monitor and improve indoor air quality (IAQ) in school buildings. Tools for Schools builds indoor air quality awareness throughout the school community, focuses on low-cost, common sense solutions, and encourages careful resource planning so that long-term indoor air quality issues can be remedied.

The Board of Education approved air quality policy #3512 (a-c) requiring our school district to establish an indoor environment resource team to implement air quality guidelines. We have successfully implemented and met the requirements of a “Tools for Schools” Program (TfS) as well as completed a training course presented at VES by the Sate Department of Health.

Team Members

Meeting Schedules

Adam Burrows, Superintendent, Chair

Mary Chinigo, Principal

Elaine Lee, Director of Special Education

Ron Millovitsch, First Selectman

Paul Ricard, Director of Maintenance & Facilities

Mary Rollins, School Nurse

Jim Ward, VEA

Toula Wyland , Parent

Diana Ingraham, Board of Education

December14 (if needed)