NORWICH – On Monday, Nov. 4, concerned parents and faculty alike gathered to discuss the future of the newly established Purple Tornado Community Team (PTCT).

PTCT President Joanne Stafford addressed attendants with a presentation intended to create discussion and a brainstorming of ideas on how the group could raise funding as quickly as possible.

"We've started out small, but we really want to push forward and move on with building this new organization into a success for the students,” Stafford said. “I have been encouraged by a number of parents and faculty to run with this idea.”

Stafford explained that the group – formerly the Norwich City School District's PTA – would be dissolving its membership with the PTA and how it would affect the functionality of its operation.