Dear Collins Career Technical Center families and faculty,
A new school year is upon us, and I look forward to starting a new school year filled with endless opportunities for growth, academic success, and memorable experiences. I am pleased to remind you, our valued school community, of our recent investment to support the health and well-being of everyone who enters our buildings. Last year, our school district installed state-of-the-art air purification units in common areas throughout our facilities, including classrooms, offices, and more.
Our partnership is with Protect|ED, a trusted medical-grade device company that provides NanoStrike™ units that disinfect our air, beyond the capabilities of HVAC filters that simply capture pathogens. Instead, NanoStrike™ destroys them at the cellular level.
Our children and team deserve to breathe clean air. Over the course of a K-12 education, a child will spend more than 15,000 hours at school. Even when cleaned to high standards, classrooms, cafeterias, labs, and offices can contain chemical and biological contaminants.
We knew we could do better. With the realities of the ongoing pandemic, school districts like ours are turning their attention to air quality – an area that has largely been overlooked and underfunded in school buildings for decades. The time was right for us to make this critical change; thankfully, federal funds were available to help.
The well-being of our school community has always been our top priority, and our students deserve to learn in a place where their health is nurtured alongside their intellectual growth, social engagement, and emotional well-being. Likewise, supporting our faculty and staff is equally important to ensure we best support our students – keeping everyone engaged and learning in the classroom. Our valued partnership with Protect|ED helps us live out this commitment.
Additionally, we know from Harvard University researchers that clean air sharpens cognitive ability, improving test scores and helping students focus.
This air purification option stood out to our leadership for several reasons. First, NanoStrike™ is supported by science and embraced by the medical community. It is used by respected institutions such as the Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic because of its efficient inactivation technology. Clinical studies have shown how Nanostrike™ can reduce certain viruses and pathogens by up to 99.9 percent. It goes far beyond COVID-19, defending against typical school germs such as influenza, noroviruses, strep, cold viruses, allergens, and more. The slim and lightweight devices are extremely quiet and will not disrupt our learning environment.
We look forward to seeing the benefits of this decision unfold in the coming year in our students' health, wellness, and academic experiences.
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out.
Have a Great Year!
Adam M. Pittis, Superintendent
Collins Career Technical Center
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