Valley schools are preparing their buildings for students this fall and one in particular is experimenting with new methods of cleaning and sanitizing.

Girard's superintendent is having a local company called SecuRx (pronounced secure-ex) Solutions spray a 90-day germ-free surface polymer on their weight room equipment.

Tim Shannon, the owner of the company, said the special polymer keeps bacteria and other germs from sticking to surfaces.

"Right now people are disinfecting hundreds of times a day and that only lasts about 10 minutes. This is a 24/7 disinfection. We test it with an ATP meter which gives you a bacterial load," said Shannon.

The superintendent says if the testing of that equipment shows a continued decrease in germs over time, the district will purchase more of that disinfectant spraying throughout the buildings.