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School committee lets facilities staff keep baiting option after Beverly High rodent trial
Summary
The Finance & Facilities Committee reviewed a summer trial of rodent bait stations at Beverly High School and voted to allow facilities staff to redeploy bait and use contained collection buckets if they see an uptick in rodent activity.
The Beverly Public Schools Finance & Facilities Committee on Sept. 24 voted to let facilities staff reuse bait stations and deploy enclosed collection buckets at school locations if they determine rodent activity has increased.
The committee’s action follows a district-run pilot at Beverly High School that facilities staff said ran from late June through the third week of August and used “about 30 rodent traps, bait boxes throughout the school.” John Coffey, director of buildings and grounds, told the panel he compared one-week samples from June and September and found nine rodent sightings in June and two in September, a reduction he said suggested the trial had some effect.
Committee members pressed staff on safety and placement. Coffey said roughly 15 of the 30 stations had been placed in areas under lock and key—electrical/IDF closets and other rooms accessible only to custodial and administrative…
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