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YEAH, HE SURE DOES. DOES JESSICA. AND HE ALSO SAYS THAT THESE INFESTATIONS STARTED WHEN THE SCHOOL WAS RENOVATED MORE THAN 25 YEARS AGO, AND THE PRACTICES OF FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS HAS MADE IT WORSE SINCE THEN. RIGHT NOW, NEW PHOTOS OBTAINED BY WCVB SHOW VAST AMOUNTS OF MOUSE DROPPINGS INSIDE OF THE TIMOTHY GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN METHUEN, ON THE FLOORS OF CLASSROOMS, INSIDE OF SUPPLY CABINETS AND ACROSS THE SCHOOL. STUDENTS, FACULTY AND EVEN PARENTS DEALING WITH AN INFESTATION FOR YEARS. ONE PARENT SEEING MICE AT A TEACHER CONFERENCE, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I WAS LIKE, MOUSE! AND THEY LOOKED AND ONE OF THE TEACHERS WAS LIKE, OH MY GOSH! BUT LIKE, YEAH, IT KEPT COMING OUT. IT WASNT SCARED TO COME OUT. THE TEACHER TRIED TO KEEP GETTING IT TO GO BACK IN, AND IT KEPT COMING BACK OUT. AS A PARENT, FOR ME, THATS JUST ITS UNACCEPTABLE AS A RESIDENT, AS A TAXPAYER, ITS UNACCEPTABLE. MAYOR D.J. BEAUREGARD RECEIVED COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SINCE TAKING OFFICE. IN SEPTEMBER, HE ORDERED THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT UNANNOUNCED INSPECTIONS OF EACH SCHOOL. THE REPORT FOUND CLASSROOMS IN THE CAFETERIA WERE HEAVILY CONTAMINATED WITH RODENT DROPPINGS. THEY BELIEVE THE MICE WERE GETTING IN THROUGH THIS VENTILATION SHAFT, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN SEALED OFF. AND AFTER THE HOLIDAY BREAK, NO EATING WILL BE ALLOWED IN CLASSROOMS, AT LEAST IN ONE CLASSROOM. THERE WAS AN INDICATION THAT A TEACHER HAD AN AIR FRYER IN THE CLASSROOM. IVE HEARD OF GEORGE FOREMAN GRILLS IN THE CLASSROOM. THIS MORNING WE SAW A PEST CONTROL VAN IN THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT. A WORKER BRINGING IN EQUIPMENT TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM. AFTER SEEING EVIDENCE OF THESE MICE. PARENTS WANT THEM GONE. I THINK ITS GROSS. NOW, THE MAYOR HERE SAYS THAT THEYRE WORKING WITH A TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS THE MOST PERTINENT ISSUES AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS RODENT INFESTATION. HE ALSO SAYS THE CUSTODIAL STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING OVERTIME TO TRY TO CLEAN UP SOME OF THE ISSUES HERE. AND BY THE WAY, THIS COMES AFTER THE AMC THEATER IN TOWN HERE WAS SHUTTERED DUE TO A RAT INFESTATION. WE ASKED THE MAYOR ABOUT THAT. HE SAYS THERES NO CONNECTION TO THE ISSUE HERE AT THE SCHOOLS, AND MOST SPECIFICALLY, THE TIMOTHY SCHOOL HERE IN METHUEN. THATS WHERE WE