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Beverly committee weighs bait boxes, rodenticide pilot after staff survey finds high school mouse sightings
Summary
District building and grounds staff reported staff survey results showing more mouse sightings at Beverly High School than other buildings and presented options including traps, licensed rodenticide in tamper-proof bait boxes, and a proposed summer pilot; the committee asked for product safety data and a policy review before any wider use.
Beverly School Committee members on Jan. 21 began a multi-step discussion about mice in district buildings after building and grounds staff presented staff-survey data and options to reduce infestations.
Why it matters: Staff and union negotiators raised the issue during contract talks, and school staff reported sightings that administrators said exceeded what the district has been able to control with snap and glue traps.
Bob Scirolli, director of building and grounds for Beverly Public Schools, summarized a district staff survey that recorded most buildings with about 10 or fewer mouse sightings in the covered period and the high school with roughly 28–29 sightings. Scirolli said sightings included live animals and evidence (droppings, food in desks, or captures in traps).
Current measures and limits: Scirolli and his vendor,…
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