Miner Elementary School (Photo via Facebook)

After the closure of a school in Southeast, D.C. Public Schools is currently tackling rodents and a bed bug issue at another elementary school.

DCPS spokesperson Janae Hinson told DCist that staff at Miner Elementary School in Northeast recently recorded incidents in which bed bugs were found on students’ clothing on February 9, February 14, and February 15. There have also been confirmed reports of rodent sightings, and custodians undertook a mass trapping over the weekend.

The school’s principal Andrea Mial sent a letter home to parents today, but it doesn’t specifically detail the three bed bug incidents or rodent issues. Instead, Mial says she wanted to “share an update regarding routine maintenance and cleaning at our school.” The letter goes on to say that DCPS and the Department of General Services work together throughout the school year to prevent and treat “any potential threat of pests (rodents, bugs, etc.) at all schools… We follow strict protocols when any pest is identified here.”

School officials have spoken to parents of the students who were found to have bed bugs, Hinson says, but she couldn’t explain why the letter didn’t outline the specific cases. DCPS believes the bed bug incidents are isolated and there is not a “widespread infestation” at the school.

Earlier this month, DCPS temporarily closed Savoy Elementary School because of a bed bug and rodent issue—which DCPS also originally labeled “single isolated incidents”. One parent told Fox 5 News that they found out about Savoy’s rats and bed bugs on the news, then school officials told parents four days later, adding “this is not how you should notify parents of rats and bedbugs.”

Custodians at Miner are currently “verifying that the spots around the incidents don’t require further cleaning,” Hinson says. And the school will remain open as officials continue to monitor the situation.