Schools
Bed Bug Found In Bernardsville Elementary School
The school nurse will conduct a check of students in the classroom where the bed bug was located on Monday morning.
BERNARDSVILLE, NJ — A single bed bug was found on the floor of a third grade classroom in Bedwell Elementary School on Friday afternoon, Principal Amy Phelan announced Sunday.
"We contacted pest control and on Saturday morning the pest control service treated all the third grade classrooms, adjacent classrooms, support area classrooms and the common areas such as the cafeteria," Phelan said in a letter to parents.
On Monday morning the school nurse will conduct a check of students in the classroom where the bed bug was located and the school will follow up with the families of any students identified with a case of bed bugs, Phelan added.
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Phelan will continue to follow up in the near future with pest control to ensure the issue has been rectified.
She also shared a CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) link on bedbugs for more information here.
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