No A/C in my kids school for second day in a row

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in schools without AC and the last few weeks were agony and I remember the classes getting in trouble constantly for not paying attention. Did we survive? Of course. Did we learn anything? I really doubt it…

+1 and the heat and humidity down south is brutal. The schools did close if the index was above 100. There were big fans and the lights were normally out. These kids are not used to that so pretty sure little learning going on.

[Anonymous]

There's evidence that classroom temperature influences one's ability to focus & learn. https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2018-05-29/study-hotter-classrooms-make-it-harder-for-students-to-learn?context=amp

[Anonymous]

I grew up going to Public school on DC. This is in the 80s. We had air-conditioning. Probably due to PTA raising money for the renovation. Lots of other schools had no central air-conditioning and maybe just some window units, if that. They got to close when it was really hot and I remember a bunch of us talking about how jealous we were because we wanted to be off too. Our teacher really started criticizing us for not realizing how lucky we were to have central air conditioning, and how going to school in air-conditioning was a privilege and we were lucky. She was right. I was only ten but that stuck with me.

[Anonymous]

I know it smell crazy in there

[Anonymous]

My DS didn’t have AC in his dorm at W&M. He lived.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up going to Public school on DC. This is in the 80s. We had air-conditioning. Probably due to PTA raising money for the renovation. Lots of other schools had no central air-conditioning and maybe just some window units, if that. They got to close when it was really hot and I remember a bunch of us talking about how jealous we were because we wanted to be off too. Our teacher really started criticizing us for not realizing how lucky we were to have central air conditioning, and how going to school in air-conditioning was a privilege and we were lucky. She was right. I was only ten but that stuck with me.

Going to school in air conditioning should not be a privilege reserved only for some in the richest country on earth. I agree you were lucky but it's ridiculous it came down to luck.

Even more ridiculous that it still does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DS didn’t have AC in his dorm at W&M. He lived.

25+ bodies in a room where using a fan makes teaching impossible bc it is so loud is very different than a dorm you are sharing with one other person where you can strategically place fans.

Beyond that, me and my students deserve better than your standard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's evidence that classroom temperature influences one's ability to focus & learn. https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2018-05-29/study-hotter-classrooms-make-it-harder-for-students-to-learn?context=amp

bUT KIDs are ReSILienT!

[Anonymous]

It's even better when there's little to no AC and the kids are still forcibly masked, some even outside!

[Anonymous]

The good news is it is getting some media attention:

https://dcist.com/story/22/05/31/at-least-one-public-school-and-d-c-central-cell-block-are-without-working-air-conditioning/

[Anonymous]

I teach in a trailer. We are required to have doors and windows locked at all times. We have a loud HEPA filter for Covid. Some students are masked. No AC in 95 degrees means doors and windows get opened and HEPA filter goes off so can can go on. As my students would say…facts.

[Anonymous]

So FAN can go on ^

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:+1, it's absolutely ridiculous. I'm guessing both the Mayor's office and DCPS Central Office have both had A/C this week, and if they hadn't, they would have fixed it immediately and sent people home until it was done.

Hate to break it to you, but DCPS staffers, including leadership, are already home 4 days a week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up going to Public school on DC. This is in the 80s. We had air-conditioning. Probably due to PTA raising money for the renovation. Lots of other schools had no central air-conditioning and maybe just some window units, if that. They got to close when it was really hot and I remember a bunch of us talking about how jealous we were because we wanted to be off too. Our teacher really started criticizing us for not realizing how lucky we were to have central air conditioning, and how going to school in air-conditioning was a privilege and we were lucky. She was right. I was only ten but that stuck with me.

Going to school in air conditioning should not be a privilege reserved only for some in the richest country on earth. I agree you were lucky but it's ridiculous it came down to luck.

Even more ridiculous that it still does.

I agree but it wasn’t luck. It was because we were west of the park and our parents raised money for a renovation to include CAC. Which obviously isn’t just, and I think our (older, African American) teacher realized that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DS didn’t have AC in his dorm at W&M. He lived.

Your DS probably lied in bed in his underwear when it was 95 degrees and didn’t have to sit, learn, listen, take a test, etc.

Also your DS was out of school by Memorial Day each year so it probably wasn’t that hot for that long.