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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work with the Outdoor Ed program, and I'd like to point out some facts that haven't been brought up on this forum yet.  Keep in mind Skycroft is a privately owned conference center that has thousands of visitors every year, not just MCPS students.

-Skycroft has contracted with one of the best pest services around, and had a full inspection the FRIDAY before Westland showed up on Monday.  NO traces of anything were found as of Friday 11/13/15. I have seen the printed report.

-NO STUDENTS or parents or teachers reported ANY traces of bites or bugs while they were at Skycroft Monday thru Wednesday.

-When the first Westland MS session was moving out Wednesday morning, the Skycroft housekeeping staff started their standard cleaning routine.  They have training on recognizing the signs of any problems.  They found evidence of bed bugs, and immediately told management.  (BTW, the evidence they found was 1 (one) adult bed bug on one bunk.  No eggs, no signs of droppings, no signs of ‘infestation’.  One bug.  Again, I've seen the report.)

-When Skycroft management heard from housekeeping, they immediately took action, closing off that lodge to anyone, and immediately brought in their pest management professional for treatment.  The professional inspected and treated the whole lodge, again.  And again found no signs of infestation.  So far, the one bug was all that was found.
It had clearly been brought to Skycroft with the group that had recently arrived.

-Bed bugs are spread by people who go on trips, stay in hotels or conference centers, and do NOT know how to prevent the spread.

-As a courtesy, Westland families were told of the find, and given the information they needed (cautionary practices) they could take if they were concerned and wanted to limit the possible spread.

-Bed Bugs do NOT dwell in the ‘forest’ ‘wilderness’ or ‘filthy’ places. . . they live where people live.  Skycroft (or any hotel or conference center) does not give bed bugs to people; people bring bed bugs to other people.

-if you do a little searching online, you’ll find bed bugs reported in Hyatts, Marriots, Radissons, Hiltons and ANY other hotel chain you can think of, regardless of their 5 star status.

-You can tell the difference between a quality establishment and a ‘not so’ quality establishment by asking a few questions:  Did the housekeeping staff report the problem to management, or did a guest?  Did management try to ignore or hide the situation, or did management take action to control the spread?  Were other guests alerted of the situation as needed, or did management try to keep other impacted guests in the dark?

- Bed bugs do not transmit any diseases to humans.

I cannot tell you are how proud I am of how the Skycroft team handled the situation that week.  They were professional, competent, and ultimately concerned about the health and well-being of their guests.  Both those who were already leaving and those who had not yet arrived.

If anyone can come up with any other way Skycroft or MCPS should handle that situation, I’d really like to know their suggestions.  [/quote]

I am a parent who communicated with Skycroft and my experience with Skycroft was the same as yours : extremely professional. I would have no problem sending my child there again.[/quote]

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