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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 456117" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>All the schools in our town have air conditioning. But my dad taught for decades in schools with few windows and no air conditioning. they had ceiling fans which rarely worked. Well, the ones in his room worked but ONLY because he fixed them - and bought parts out of his own pocked if needed! I always thought it was nuts, esp as his room in the school he was at for the longest was on the second floor! </p><p></p><p>I have no idea how kids manage school in the heat in OK with-o air conditioning. There have been years when the schools had to postpone the start date because of the heat and when they did start they hauled in huge ice shipments and got pallets of bottled water donated because otherwise the kids and teachers would not have survived. I also want to know how in the heck the cafeteria people survive. those kitchens can get HOT even with air conditioning! </p><p></p><p>I can see not having AC in places like Wisconsin where it just doesn't get that hot for that long, but here we have very very hot weather (it hit 119 in our area this summer - not heat index, actual temperature) and in my opinion it is abusive to expect kids, teachers, cafeteria workers, etc.... to go without air conditioning. I know I couldn't handle it and would keep my kids home. </p><p></p><p>PLEASE be very careful about sending your kids to schools without AC if it is very hot in your area. Many medications, including those our kids are commonly on and those for asthma, among others, make people more susceptible to heat related illness.</p><p></p><p>Even with AC our kids are allowed to take water bottles wtih them to class, etc.... In the elem schools most teachers ask for a parent to donate a case or two of bottled water or they buy it themselves. The kids each get a bottle with their name on it and they use it for several weeks and then put them in the recycling bin. Dannon used to have a label program where the school got some money for each water bottle label, but I don't know if they still do that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 456117, member: 1233"] All the schools in our town have air conditioning. But my dad taught for decades in schools with few windows and no air conditioning. they had ceiling fans which rarely worked. Well, the ones in his room worked but ONLY because he fixed them - and bought parts out of his own pocked if needed! I always thought it was nuts, esp as his room in the school he was at for the longest was on the second floor! I have no idea how kids manage school in the heat in OK with-o air conditioning. There have been years when the schools had to postpone the start date because of the heat and when they did start they hauled in huge ice shipments and got pallets of bottled water donated because otherwise the kids and teachers would not have survived. I also want to know how in the heck the cafeteria people survive. those kitchens can get HOT even with air conditioning! I can see not having AC in places like Wisconsin where it just doesn't get that hot for that long, but here we have very very hot weather (it hit 119 in our area this summer - not heat index, actual temperature) and in my opinion it is abusive to expect kids, teachers, cafeteria workers, etc.... to go without air conditioning. I know I couldn't handle it and would keep my kids home. PLEASE be very careful about sending your kids to schools without AC if it is very hot in your area. Many medications, including those our kids are commonly on and those for asthma, among others, make people more susceptible to heat related illness. Even with AC our kids are allowed to take water bottles wtih them to class, etc.... In the elem schools most teachers ask for a parent to donate a case or two of bottled water or they buy it themselves. The kids each get a bottle with their name on it and they use it for several weeks and then put them in the recycling bin. Dannon used to have a label program where the school got some money for each water bottle label, but I don't know if they still do that. [/QUOTE]
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