Placing the responsibility for pest management with one person made sense for us. The IPM Coordinator decides if a pesticide application is necessary and he is the only applicator. The bait technology is a big reason why. However, I know for a fact that a large number of Indiana schools still have monthly spraying of their buildings. That was accomplished through training of our staff.
Pest pressure is reduced.
Progress on 1999 Activity 3 To educate and train the Extended Day Program staff about the benefits of the IPM program. We had one brief training session early last year with the Extended Day Program staff. This year we have a full 45 minutes at the meeting before school starts. There were no sightings of pests in the Extended Day Program areas in the schools. This could be a result of poor training on our part.