Peggy Caruso
Environmental Assistant Director, Maintenance and Operation

Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)

Mission Statement

Good indoor air quality is an important component of a healthy indoor environment and is necessary for schools to reach their primary goal of educating students.

Katy Independent School District is committed to high standards with regards to Indoor Air Quality (IAQ). This component is very important because a healthy indoor environment creates favorable learning for our students and high performance of teachers and staff.

To assist the district with maintaining this goal, the "Tools for Schools Program" has been implemented. This program is sponsored by the American Federation of Teachers, Association of School Business Officials, Council for American Private Education, National Education Association, National Parent Teachers Association, and American Lung Association.

Tools for Schools

Tools for Schools takes a common sense approach towards improving indoor air quality through outreach, education and occupant participation. As part of the program, walk-through inspections are conducted at least bi-yearly at each campus, during which temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, ozone and particulates are measured. Other environmental conditions such as light, noise, sanitation, drinking water and fire protection, which also affect health and safety, are addressed through monitoring and proper maintenance.

Taking a proactive approach to improving indoor air quality results in several benefits including:

• Improvement in student, teacher and staff comfort levels
• A reduction in indoor air quality complaints
• A decrease in absenteeism
• Reduction in clinic visits for asthma and asthma treatments
• Reduction in costs to districts for consultants and remediation projects.

You can find additional information about Tools for Schools at www.epa.gov/iaq/schools.

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