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Welcome to the What’s New section where we will be posting new, interesting, and educational information and the like. please check back to see whats new!

Let Them Learn; Outsourcing to Fund America’s Classrooms

Very interesting whitepaper that performs a detailed analysis of pros and cons of outsourced cleaning and debunks some of the misinformation regarding this every growing topic. http://50.57.112.120/pasboerc.org/NewSFUploads/20932012%20let%20them%20learn%20%20outsourcing%20whitepaper.pdf

Cleaning for Healthy Schools Toolkit

In the Toolkit are free educational materials: Power Point presentations for general audiences and for custodial workers new to green cleaning; tip sheets for parents, teachers, vendors, and school checklists. Also free, a Cleaning for Healthy Schools poster, a poster from the National Association of School Nurses, guidance from NIOSH, model state/district policies, cost reports, and, for a healthier home, …

Massachusetts CHPS reinstated by MSBA

  State Policies The Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) has established several sustainable green programs for all MSBA-funded projects, with an increased emphasis on reducing energy and water consumption. These programs include updated standards for new and major renovation/addition projects as well as improved sustainable requirements for repair projects. The MSBA also requires and pays for the entire cost of …

Lead and Copper Testing in drinking water. MA DEP

Massachusetts DEP Web link for Lead & Copper Forms: http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/massdep/water/approvals/lead-and-copper.html Fact Sheet Flushing – A Short-Term Solution to Reduce Lead and Copper: https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2017/09/19/flushfs.pdf?_ga=2.165507450.435003709.1535564006-253846962.1533848928 TRAINING protocol developed by MassDEP’s LCCA Program: http://leadandcoppercontrolact.donahue-institute.org/LCCA_Framework_4.26.18/story_html5.html