9/29/2009 |ATTENTION

To:       Parents, Guardians and Staff                                                            

From:  Mr. Tralongo, Principal

Re:      Integrated Pest Management Program

This notice is being distributed in accordance with the New Jersey School Integrated Pest Management Act.  Transfiguration Academy has adopted the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Policy and has implemented an IPM plan to comply with this law.  IPM is a holistic, preventive approach to managing pests that is explained further in the Academy’s IPM Policy.

All schools in New Jersey are required to have an Integrated Pest Management coordinator (IPM Coordinator)

To oversee all activities related to IPM and pesticides used at the schools.

The IPM Coordinator for Transfiguration Academy (both Campuses)is:

Sal Tralongo, Principal

1092 Carnation Drive, New Milford, NJ 07646

201-836-7074

The designated IPM Coordinator for the Lower School is:

Sr. Madeline Hanson, SSND

10 Bradley Ave. Bergenfield, NJ 07621

201-834-3627

The IPM Coordinator or his delegates maintain the pesticide product label and Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) of each pesticide product that may be used on school property.  The label and the MSDS are available for review by parents, guardians, staff members, or students attending the Academy.  Also, the IPM Coordinator is available to parents, guardians, and staff members for information and to discuss comments about the IPM activities and pesticides used in the Academy.

As part of the pest management plan, Transfiguration Academy may use pesticides to control pests.  The United States Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection(DEP) register pesticides to determine that the use of a pesticide is in accordance with instructions printed on the label does not pose an unreasonable risk to human health and the environment.  Nevertheless, the EPA and the DEP cannot guarantee that the registered pesticides do not pose any risk to human health, thus unnecessary exposure to pesticides should be avoided.  The EPA has issued the statement that where possible, persons who are potentially sensitive, such as pregnant women, infants and children, should avoid unnecessary pesticide exposure.

Please note that for the school year just ended, no pesticides were used at either campus of Transfiguration Academy.

Thank you.