Healthy Indoor Air Quality in Schools is Vital For Children To Learn

by Mr. Artemiss

For a child to learn, it is important for School Administrators to prevent poor Indoor Air Quality. It can have a negative impact on students in our schools' nationwide. The sad state that our Educational School System is due to budget cuts that prevent maintenance repairs. These repairs are needed so that the nations children can go on and learn.

The Air Quality is not always being maintained due to budget cuts and poor maintenance policies. The EPA reports that poor Indoor Air Quality will increase student absenteeism, affect the student and staff concentration, Performance is also affected due to the risk of Indoor Air Quality related health conditions such as Asthma and Respiratory illnesses. The EPA's "Tools For Schools" Program shows schools how to implement a practical plan to improve Indoor Air problems at little or no-cost using practical methods and in-house staff. The program is complete with the best practices, industry's latest guidelines and a plan to help do it.

The EPA's Reference Guide also gives a common-sense approach for preventing, diagnosing, and solving most Indoor Air Quality problems. They even show you how to institute them with minimal cost. It also helps the School System Administrators to understand how IAQ problems begin, why you must have good Indoor Air Quality and its impact on all the building occupants.

The new school year is commencing, Safe Homes Environmental Consultants recommends that parents, teachers, and administrators try to provide an optimal learning and teaching environment by making sure that the HVAC Systems are being maintained properly to improve the indoor air quality of schools.

It is important that the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are in good working order with no mold present to affect the learning abilities of the children. The systems should be in top working order.

To Insure Good Learning In School, Safe Homes recommends the following:

1. Call a professional to inspect the systems to make sure they are clean and functioning properly.
2. The filters should be changed on a regular basis to prevent contaminants from reaching the children.

In Conclusion, parents should get involved with their schools Indoor Air Quality Program. This will insure that our children receive a good education in a clean environment. The EPA has a program which can be instituted to help called the "Tools For Schools".

It is available from the EPA website. http://www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/toolkit.html

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