follow this pattern. Except for Executive Sessions (which are held to renegotiate contracts with Town employees, among other reasons) meetings are open to the public and contain a time for citizens to address the Council from the floor. As of November, 2017, meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at 7:00pm in the 6th floor Council Chambers of the Hicks Municipal Building at 21 Tolland Green. Education Birch Grove Primary School, Pre-kindergarten, Grade 2 Tolland Intermediate School, Grades 3–5 Tolland Middle School, Grades 6–8 Tolland High School, Grades 9–12 Tolland Alternative Learning Center (TALC) Notable locations The Daniel Benton Homestead was built in 1720 and is the oldest home in Tolland. It is now a museum. The Hicks-Stearns Family Museum is a restored Victorian-era house museum built in 1788 and once inhabited by Ratcliffe Hicks. The Old Tolland County Jail and Museum is a property including the 1856 jail which operated until 1968 and attached Jailer's home. On the National Register of Historic Places Tolland County Courthouse – listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1977. Tolland Green Historic District – founded in 1706 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. Notable people Edward K. Beale (born 1970), Author, USCG helicopter pilot during Hurricane Katrina; raised in Tolland and graduated from Tolland High School Daniel C. Burbank (born 1961), NASA astronaut; raised in Tolland and graduated from Tolland High School in 1979 Henry D. Cogswell (1820–1900), dentist and a crusader in the temperance movement; born in Tolland William W. Eaton (1816–1898), US Congressman and US Senator; born in Tolland and a resident of Tolland Ratcliffe Hicks (1843–1906), state legislator, lawyer, industrialist, and benefactor of the University of Connecticut Jonathan Hatch Hubbard (1768–1849), US Congressman for Vermont; born in Tolland Charles R. Ladd (1822–1903), lawyer, politician and Massachusetts Auditor; born in Tolland David Passaro (born 1966), CIA contractor and former US Army Ranger; graduated from Tolland High School Shubal Stearns (1706–1771), evangelist, preacher of the Separate Baptists; resident of Tolland James Stevenson (born 1981), actor; raised in Tolland Loren P. Waldo (1802–1881), lawyer and US Congressman; resident of Tolland Calvin Willey (1776–1858), American lawyer, politician, and US Senator (1825–1831); resident of Tolland Nancy Wyman (born 1946), Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut and former State Comptroller; resident of Tolland Tammy Nuccio, Connecticut State Representative 53rd General Assembly District; resident of Tolland