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The ABCs of School and Childcare Pest Management

Cornell Integrated Pest Management's blog about IPM for schools and daycare centers.

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December 2, 2025

weed a plant that is not valued where it is growing and is usually of vigorous growth especially : one that tends to overgrow or choke out more...

June 24, 2025

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest” –  Benjamin Franklin Establishing an Integrated pest management (IPM) program for your school buildings and grounds...

April 23, 2025

"The strength of the team is each individual member The strength of each member is the team" --Phil Jackson Over the decades, we have seen the number of school districts with a...

October 12, 2021

I recently presented at the New York State School Facilities Association Conference & Expo and was asked multiple times, "What can I do about boxelder bugs" That provided...

November 18, 2020

On a warm Long Island day in November (a warm week, to be accurate) I received a call from a BOCES Health and Safety officer, who told me a local child care center was...

October 13, 2020

The time of the falling leaves has come again Once more in our morning walk we tread upon carpets of gold and crimson, of brown and bronze, woven by the winds or the rains out of...

August 26, 2020

A recent EPA nationwide webinar, What Schools Need to Know: Practices and Principles for Healthy IAQ and Reducing the Spread of Viruses, focused on indoor air quality in school...

August 3, 2020

“We should have little trouble with vermin if builders would hear and understand the ‘language’ of vermin and do a better job in eliminating their entrances and hiding...

July 28, 2020

Schools across the world are having conversations about safely sending teachers, students, and the rest of the school staff back for face-to-face education during a global...

April 24, 2020

Our friends over at Cornell’s Pesticide Management Education Program (psepccecornelledu) has asked us to help spread information on disinfectants and sanitizers During the...