Indoor air quality

From Anoka-Hennepin School District’s building and grounds department:

• Generally, pets and other animals are not allowed in school buildings. Exceptions are allowed for approved educational presentations, for service animals under the Americans with Disabilities Act or as otherwise required by state and federal law.
• Minimize food storage in classrooms and offices. If food is going to be stored in these areas, it must be stored in a rigid, airtight container.
• Limit food consumption in classrooms and offices. If food consumption is to occur, then the following steps are to be followed:
  1) Spills cleaned up and/or reported to custodial staff immediately;
  2) Food waste disposed of in a lined garbage container; and
  3) Waste removed by custodial staff within a 12-hour period.
• Limit plants in classrooms and offices. No plants should be placed on or above a unit ventilator.
• Air freshener products, such as “plug-ins,” electronic air fresheners, reed diffusers, essential oils, etc., must not be used in the schools.
• No latex balloons should be used within the building.
• No household cleaning chemicals should be brought into the building.