Economy Pest Control serves the Greater Boston area with high-quality termite and pest control.

 

Integrated Pest Management in Schools and Child-Care Centers

Pests have no place in schools.

Pests distract students and teachers from the educational process. Many pests, like roaches and mice, carry serious diseases. Others, like wasps and hornets, inflict painful stings. Some, like termites, carpenter ants, and carpenter bees, can cause physical damage to school property.

A healthful, pest-free environment helps learning to flourish by avoiding the discomfort and distraction that pests can cause. But pest control in schools and child-care centers presents a unique challenge for educators and pest control operators. How do we protect our schools and our students from pest infestation, while avoiding unnecessary exposure to chemical pesticides?

 

The answer is Integrated Pest Management (IPM).

Simply stated, School IPM is a comprehensive pest control methodology that seeks to achieve long term, environmentally sound pest suppression, while reducing the use of pesticides. Control strategies in a school IPM program focuses on using non-chemical methods to reduce the food, water, harborage, and access used by pests, rather than routinely applying pesticides.

Economy Pest Control's School IPM program relies on the following proven principles:

 

  • Prevention of pest populations. This is achieved through ongoing inspection and monitoring of the school property for conditions conducive to pest infestation.

  • When conducive conditions are discovered, we will provide the school's IPM Contact Person with recommendations for correcting the problem. These recommendation commonly include things like caulking cracks, correcting sanitation problems, repairing window screens, etc.

  • Use of non-chemical control measures, such as sticky traps, whenever practical.

  • Application of pesticides only as needed, and selecting the least hazardous pesticides that are effective for the control of the identified pests.

  • Precision targeting of pesticides to avoid exposure to the children, faculty, or staff.

 

A properly implemented IPM program can achieve the dual goals of providing a pest-free environment for students and educators, while avoiding exposure to chemical pesticides. For more information about Economy Pest Control's IPM programs for schools, daycare, and other childcare centers in the Greater Boston area, please contact us.