All District 207 facilities practice Integrated Pest Management to minimize the use of any pesticides on school grounds. The Structural Pest Control Act (225 ILCS 235/) and the Lawn Care Products Application and Notice Act (415 ILCS 65/) requires public schools to notify parents/guardians and school employees (who have requested to be notified) at least 48 hours (two business days) prior to any pesticide applications on school grounds. The term “pesticide” includes insecticides, herbicides, rodenticides and fungicides. The notification requirement extends to both indoor and outdoor pesticide applications. Excluded from the notification requirement are antimicrobials such as disinfectants, sanitizers or deodorizers, insecticide baits and rodenticide baits.
Pesticide application notification can be included in newsletters, bulletins, calendars and/or other correspondence currently published by each school and the District. On March 26 , 2026 between 8:00am -3:00pm Maine Township High School District 207 will be applying the following products to various locations at Maine West.
- Suspend SC- Bayer
- Phantom- BASF
- Gentrol- Zoecon
- Borid Powder- Waterbury
- 565 Plus XLQ- Whitemire Labs
- Contrac Blox- Bells Labs
- Generation Blocks- Liphatech
Thank you.