Resources for PA Schools
As part of the PA IPM Program, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the Pennsylvania Department of Health, and The Pennsylvania State University Colleges of Agricultural Sciences and Education signed a memorandum of understanding to promote IPM implementation in schools. PA IPM drew on this partnership to develop this manual.
Includes: Notification Letter for Parents or Guardians, Pest Control Information Sheet, and Notice of Pesticide Application
Letter of explanation, copy of the legislation (Acts 35 and 36), Sample Pest Control Information Sheet, Sample Notice of Pesticide Application, and Sample Notification Letter for Parents
A packet of helpful information to aid schools in implementing an IPM plan according to new PA legislation. This packet was sent out to administrators across Pennsylvania from the PA IPM Program.
An IPM reminder to post around school grounds, created by the PA IPM Program.
Offers current news on school IPM and extensive information on implementing IPM in schools, web site supported by EPA, National IPM Network, and Univ. of Florida.
EPA has developed a unique software tool to help school districts evaluate and manage their school facilities for key environmental, safety and health issues. The new Healthy School Environments Assessment Tool (HealthySEAT) is designed to be customized and used by district-level staff to conduct completely voluntary self-assessments of their school (and other) facilities and to track and manage information on environmental conditions school by school.
This mouse causes damage to structures and supplies with its chewing, and contaminates food stores and classroom supplies. Mouse droppings and urine—which are continually excreted as they move about—are able to transmit several types of viruses, bacteria, and parasites to humans (even long after the mouse itself is gone), and can trigger asthma in indoor environments.
