Pesticide Notification Registry

We, at North Adams Community Schools, are committed to providing a safe environment for our students, staff and school community. Part of providing a safe environment for students includes preventing students from exposure to pests and/or pesticides. While pesticides protect our students, staff and school community from pests that may be in our school buildings or on our school grounds, in some circumstances, pesticides may also pose a hazard to the health of the people that occupy our buildings and/or grounds. Therefore, pest control practices may involve a variety of chemical and non-chemical methods that are designed to control pests effectively, while minimizing potential pesticide exposure. In an effort to protect our school community from potential pesticide hazards, we have developed pesticide control practices as part of our Pest Control/Pesticide Safety Policy. 

By whatever means necessary, as determined by school corporation administration, North Adams Community Schools will provide advanced notice of the planned pesticide application to all individuals listed on the Pesticide Notification Registry. Commons notification methods include, telephone notification, email notification, letter notification, and in necessary circumstances, notification will be posted via our website. The pesticide notice to those on the registry will be provided at least forty-eight hours in advance of the planned pesticide application at the school unless the pesticide application is declared an emergency, in which case the school shall give written notice as soon as possible.] 

Pest Control/Pesticide Safety Policy:

North Adams Community Schools will

1. Inform parents, guardians and staff members of the North Adams Community Schools Pest Control/Pesticide Safety Policy as a provision in the student and/or staff handbook, annually:
   1. at the start of each school year [during registration] or
   2. during the school year when a student:
      1. enrolls in; or
      2. transfers into school
2. Establish and invite parents, guardians and staff members of the North Adams Community Schools to be included in the Pesticide Notification Registry*:
   1. at the start of each school yaer [during registration] or
   2. during the school year when a student:
      1. enrolls in; or 
      2. transfers into school
3. Offer a method for individuals to request to be added to the Pesticide Notification Registry* at any time during the school year
4. Provide advanced notice of planned pesticide applications to parents and staff whom have registered their name and contact information through our Pesticide Notification Registry. *Individuals that wish to be notified of pesticide applications, in advance, MUST be registered in the Pesticide Notification Registry in order to be notified of such circumstances when pesticides are scheduled to be applied in a school building[s] or on school grounds.
5. Maintain written record of any pesticide applications for a minimum of [90] school days from the date of application.

For planned pesticide applications, the school shall include the following information in the advanced notice: 

1. The name and/or address of the school
2. The licensed commerical applicator responsible for the application, including the following:
   1. Name
   2. License number
   3. Telephone number
   4. Designee for information about the pesticide application, if different than the applicator
3. The anticipated date and time of the application
4. The principal target pest
5. A description of the application area
6. The pesticide or pesticides to be applied, including the following: 
   1. The name of the manufacturer
   2. The United States Environmental Protection Agency registration number
   3. The brand name
7. And, if forty-eight hours notice is not given, an explanation as to why it was not provided. 

*Certain conditions may NOT require the school corporation to notify those listed on the Pesticide Notification Registry. For a list of those conditions or for questions regarding our Pest Control/Pesticide Application Safety Policy, please contact:
           Scott Miller, Director of Operations
            625 Stadium Drive, Decatur, Indiana 46733
            260-724-7146 ext. 2501