Student Handbook - Harford County Public Schools

of Facilies
Form B.
The Use of
Facilies
Form B must
be forwarded
to the Office
of Operaons
prior to the
scheduled
program or
acvity.
Any group
that intends
to use
an HCPS
facility for a non-school related program or acvity that is not
school sponsored or school affiliated must be granted approval
for the intended use by compleng and subming, to the school
administraon, a Use of Facilies Form A.
All facility use by groups, both affiliated or non-affiliated with HCPS,
must adhere to HCPS policy, procedure, rules, and regulaons as they
relate to approval for use, responsibilies during use, requirements
and condions of use, safety and security requirements, as well as
care and condion of facility requirements. The HCPS Use of Facilies
Procedures can be found on the school system website, www.hcps.org.
Integrated Pest Management And Noficaon Of Pescide Use In A
Public School Building And On School Grounds
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a system of controlling pests
that does not depend on automac applicaon of pescides. As
implemented by Harford County Public Schools, pests are monitored
by regular and careful inspecons. Through a system of inspecon,
documentaon, communicaon with building occupants, and evaluaon
of any required acons, an effecve program of pest control is currently
in place.
Priority is given to non-chemical pest management techniques.
However, there will be occasions when pescide applicaon is
necessary. Applicaon will be done in a manner sufficient to minimize
potenal exposure to occupants and the building environment. In
compliance with regulaons as set forth by Maryland Department of
Agriculture, noficaon will be made to the parent(s)/guardian(s) of all
elementary students and staff, and parent(s)/guardian(s) of secondary
students and staff on the school’s noficaon list. If you are the parent/
guardian of a student aending a secondary school or Harford County
Public Schools staff and wish to be nofied of all pescide applicaons,
contact school administraon to request wrien noficaon.
A lisng of those pescides that might be applied in Harford County
Public School buildings or on school grounds can be found on the
website, at www.hcps.org. In addion, noficaon of pescide
applicaons will be provided to parents, guardians and staff members
through the use of the Internet, phone, or e-mail. For those parents,
guardians or staff members that do not have access to the Internet,
phone, or e-mail, or who wish to receive the noficaon via nonelectronic
formats, the school district will provide paper copies of the
pescide list and noces of pescide applicaon.
Informaon about pescides or bait staons that may be used in
school buildings or on school grounds when non-chemical techniques
are exhausted or inappropriate can be obtained through the Facilies
Management Department, 2209 Conowingo Road, Bel Air, MD 21015.
The execuve director of facilies management serves as coordinator
and maintains product labels and material safety data sheets for each
product. Currently, these pescides and bait staons include (by
common name) Amorphous Silica Gel, Borate, Borax, Bromadiolone,
Bromethalon, Carbon, Chlorfenapyr, Cyfluthrin, Cypermethrim, D-Trans
Allethrin, Deltamethrin, Diphacinone, Dimethylamine salt of 2,4 and
Fiprobnil, Glyphosate, Hydramethylon, Hydroprene, Imidacloprid,
Methoprene, s-metochlor, Napthalene, Orthoboric Acid, Oxadizon,
Permethrin, Potassium Salt of Fay Acid, Pyrethrins, Resmethrin,
Sodium Nitrate, and Sulfer. The public can review this informaon by
contacng the program coordinator at 410-638-4088. Copies can be
obtained for the cost of reproducon. A more detailed descripon of
IPM techniques employed by Harford County Public Schools may be
found in the IPM manual located at each school site.
For further informaon regarding Harford County Public Schools IPM
Program contact the execuve director of facilies management at 410-
638-4088.
Noficaon Of AHERA Inspecon & Management Plan Compliance
This noficaon is to inform interested pares such as teachers, school
personnel, and parents about Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response
Act (AHERA) requirements and the acons taken by Harford County
Public Schools to comply with AHERA regulaons. On October 30,
1987, the AHERA regulaons were published in the Federal Register,
pages 41826 to 41898, tled “Asbestos Containing Materials in
Schools.” These regulaons require a building inspecon to find
asbestos containing material (ACM) within each school building and a
management plan for each building. Building Inspecons have been
conducted by an Environmental Protecon Agency accredited Building
Inspector. Management Plans have been wrien by an Environmental
Protecon Agency accredited management planner for each school,
cataloging ACM found by the building inspecon.
Building inspecons and management plans have been completed
for all Harford County Public Schools. These documents have been
submied to the State of Maryland in compliance with AHERA’s May
9, 1989, deadline. The individual building reports include schedules
for periodic surveillance of ACM, re-inspecon to be conducted by an
accredited Environmental Protecon Agency building inspector, and
response acons planned, as well as those already completed. The
first re-inspecon of Harford County Public Schools’ buildings was
completed in 1992; and subsequent re-inspecons were performed in
1995, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010.
Management plans are available for public review at school
administrave offices. To minimize confusion, and in order for a
representave of the school system to be available, all who wish to
review the reports are requested to make an appointment with school
administrators. Public viewing is at no cost to the individual. Copies of
the various reports are available for a fee based upon the copying costs
of the individual report requested.
Most Harford County schools do have ACM, and all schools that do,
have it idenfied and catalogued in their management plans. Those
materials are monitored by school and facilies staff, and reinspected
every three years by cerfied inspectors. In the event that deterioraon
is noted, or maintenance acon in the area of the materials requires
that the ACM be removed, it is removed only by cerfied contractors,
with monitoring by a separate industrial hygiene contractor. No one
other than cerfied contractors; not school staff, not teachers, not
students, nor parents should EVER take it upon themselves to aempt
to remove known or suspected asbestos containing materials for any
reason.
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