This manual is designed to help school officials understand the principles of Integrated Pest Management and to aid them in implementing those principles into a comprehensive pest control program in their facilities.

This manual describes the essential elements of integrated pest management, contains information on establishing an IPM policy at your school, and contains suggestions on how to deal with common school pest problems.

IPM methods equip pest control operators and other members of the IPM team to design flexible, site-specific pest management plans scaled to the severity of the problems and the level of resources available.