Some GAR rooms to be treated for bed bugs

Posted:Today
Updated: 12:50 AM
Two of the pests were found. Kistler Elementary was treated after one bug was discovered there.

By MARK GUYDISH mguydish@timesleader.com

WILKES-BARRE – Wilkes-Barre Area School District expects to treat several rooms in GAR High School this weekend after the discovery of two bed bugs earlier in the week.

“A couple of bed bugs were found at GAR,” Superintendent Jeff Namey said. “What happens is they come in on people’s clothing; I think one was found on a book.”

Two bugs were found in one room on the same day, Namey said. The room was visually inspected and no other bugs were found, but as a precaution the district planned to get professionals to come in and spray the room this weekend.

The discovery came less than three weeks after a bed bug was discovered in a Kistler Elementary School room. At that time, Namey said the district called in an exterminator and had the room and four others sprayed for bugs. Dogs trained to sniff out bed bugs were then brought in and no other bugs were detected.

The incident prompted numerous comments from parents, one of whom spoke at the school board’s Feb. 8 meeting, questioning whether enough had been done. At the time, Namey stressed the district followed the advice of the professional exterminator.

There was no school Friday because it was a teacher in-service day. Namey said letters have been sent home to all parents explaining the situation at GAR and what the district is doing about it.

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Some GAR rooms to be treated for bed bugs