Directions to Thompson Public Schools from Providence, RI Area Travel time: approximately 45 minutes - I-295 N to Exit 7B - Route 44 - Route 44 to Putnam, CT - Route I-395 North - Take Exit 98 (left exit) off I-395 onto Route 12 in North Grosvenordale, CT - Travel approximately 2 miles to green sign on left (Tourtellotte Memorial High School; comes up quick as you go around curve) - Take right at sign up driveway to schools; bear right, park across from entrance marked "Thompson Middle School" - Superintendent's Office is just on the right as you enter Thompson Middle School