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Principals tell Senate panel PCB testing and remediation is disrupting schools and costing millions
Summary
School leaders testified that PCB testing has forced program relocations, transient classroom moves and costly remediation. Witnesses urged a funding plan before more testing is carried out; North Country principal said full removal or demolition costs are in the millions and monitoring adds long‑term expense.
Principals and a superintendent told the Senate Education Committee that airborne PCB detections have caused major disruptions, repeated testing and mounting costs that local districts cannot sustain without a clear funding commitment from the state.
Katie Sutton, superintendent of the Hartford School District, said elevated PCB levels required moving culinary arts and some health‑science programs off campus and relocating 12 classrooms a week before school opened. “These students are losing about 10 hours a week,” Sutton said, describing transportation and instructional impacts. She told senators the state‑funded quarterly testing program costs over $100,000 annually…
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