HomeSalt Lake City School District awarded the North American IPM Institute's highest award
May 27, 2008
The Salt Lake City School District has been awarded the North American IPM Institute's highest award of STAR Certification. This certification is only awarded to districts that have met the highest IPM standards of performance. Only 25 school districts in the United States have achieved this distinction.
The Salt Lake City School District earned IPM STAR certification after passing a rigorous, 37-point inspection. IPM STAR evaluates school systems and childcare centers for Integrated Pest Management, or IPM, a common sense approach to solving pest problems with a minimum amount of pesticide use. In Salt Lake City School District, both pesticide applications and pest complaints have dropped by over 90% since the program began three years ago.
“The IPM training we’ve put in place for our custodial, maintenance, and food service staff has resulted in not only better pest awareness and control but cleaner, safer, and healthier schools all around,” said Gregg Smith, Director of Facility Services.
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