A friend of mine picked her daughter up from an elementary school last week and she overheard the Kindergarten teacher tell the class full of children to remember to take home their lunchboxes so that their “friends” would not visit them over the weekend. Curious as to what the teacher was talking about, my friend asked her “what friends would come to visit the lunchboxes over the weekend?” The teacher whispered, “We have a bit of a mouse problem here at the school at the moment!” The teacher went on to tell my friend about how the previous afternoon a mouse had scurried across the lockers, onto the counter, into the sink, and then disappeared behind one of the cubbies that the classroom books are stored in. My friend asked if any pest control professionals had been called to the school for rodent treatment and was informed that each of the teachers were given sticky traps to place throughout their classrooms. Worried that the school was not taking the rodent infestation too seriously, my friend asked if the teacher would mind calling me this weekend to speak about the situation.
When I spoke with the teacher this weekend, my suspicions were confirmed about how extensive the schools mice infestation really is. She confirmed that mice have been seen in many classrooms, in the lunchroom, in bathrooms, and in the cafeteria as well. Evidence of mouse activity has been reported throughout the entire school as teachers report seeing mice feces in cabinets, along classroom walls, in supply boxes, and in the hallways too.
Unlike when a school has a bed bug infestation problem, a school does not need to worry about children taking mice home and transferring the infestation. They should however be worried about the dangers that mice present when they are infesting a school. Although the teacher was in good spirits about the mice running wild in the school, she had no idea that having a mouse infestation is actually quite dangerous for the children as well as the staff members.
Please check back on Wednesday for the conclusion.