In the summer of 2010, parents of Malcolm Price Lab School students noticed signs near the school garden indicating that pesticides had been applied recently on the adjacent lawn. Parents and community volunteers have worked to cultivate the garden using organic principles, and the practice of spraying chemical pesticides near the garden violates those principles. In addition, a growing body of medical research has suggested that pesticides pose serious threats to the health of children. For these reasons, parents, students, and concerned citizens in the Malcolm Price Lab School community are asking University of Northern Iowa administrators to discontinue to the use of pesticides on and near school grounds. These same parents are willing to work with school administrators to develop and implement safe, effective, and non-chemical solutions.