M4.5 Blog exercise about Fragrance

I would like to share some ideas and elements of what I think made up an ideal fragrance-free policy for school setting. First, of all the policy would apply to all teachers, students, and staff members. They’ll be asked to not bring any cleaning products, deodorizers, or other personal care products into the classroom unless they are identified as fragrance-free. The teachers, staff members, and students are also asked to refrain from wearing perfume, cologne, and other fragrances. Again, they may use unscented personal care products at the school. Parents should be notified of the policy and if teachers notice any of their students using scented personal care products or wearing fragrances, they should send a letter home to request parents to make sure the students adhere to the policy. For cleaning purposes, all cleaning products that have strong scents may only be used after school hours to reduce students’ exposure. In addition, this policy will be posted on the school’s website at the home page in order to ensure that future visitors are aware of the policy. Also, for regular visitors such as parent volunteers, staff members are responsible for informing the visitors about the policy if they notice strong scent of fragrances, cologne or any personal care products from the individual. “Fragrance or scent-free zone” signs should be placed throughout the school and make visible to remind everyone about adhering to the policy. Last but not least, if a student, teacher, or staff member is affected by a specific scent, the school staff is responsible for identifying the origin of the scent and to eliminate the cause of the odor in order to maintain a safe fragrance-free environment for everyone. These elements of the policy are aimed to keep the school a fragrance-free environment to ultimately protect the students and school employees from body burdens and exposures of these chemicals.