I still don't understand how y'all manage without AC up there.
We melt, basically. Lots of fans from home, lots of classes in the dark, lots of lightweight clothes (and sometimes, changes of clothes). The high school's really the worst, as all of the other buildings only have one floor, and a lot of the elementaries are entirely air-conditioned. (About half the HS has AC - the half that's connected to the administrative offices, of course. Shocker.) If it's new, it's got AC, and of course, they'll postpone doing anything with the secondary schools if they think they need to add on to an elementary. But once the junior highs are done, we'll have geothermal that SHOULD keep it decent, at least. I hope...
If I were a student, I'd totally start a fundraiser for some window units.
I'm sure that would violate some crazy fire code. (Last year we were informed that extension cords were forbidden. We could only have surge protectors. The school had a great time trying to find surge protectors on 10' cords...) Oh, and the English wing at the HS - when they put in the AC, they put in windows that don't open. Which is great when the AC doesn't work. Which is, oh, EVERY AUGUST.
Besides, when it's nasty like this, we get out early (elementary gets out early for the first few weeks anyway). No way would the kids jeopardize that! ;) That's why every year, there's inevitably someone in state legislature who wants to get repeal the waivers for starting before Labor Day (which virtually every district applies for). And every year after they propose it, it's blissfully cool the first few weeks, then a sauna in September. Heh.
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Date: 2010-08-14 08:53 pm (UTC)We melt, basically. Lots of fans from home, lots of classes in the dark, lots of lightweight clothes (and sometimes, changes of clothes). The high school's really the worst, as all of the other buildings only have one floor, and a lot of the elementaries are entirely air-conditioned. (About half the HS has AC - the half that's connected to the administrative offices, of course. Shocker.) If it's new, it's got AC, and of course, they'll postpone doing anything with the secondary schools if they think they need to add on to an elementary. But once the junior highs are done, we'll have geothermal that SHOULD keep it decent, at least. I hope...
If I were a student, I'd totally start a fundraiser for some window units.
I'm sure that would violate some crazy fire code. (Last year we were informed that extension cords were forbidden. We could only have surge protectors. The school had a great time trying to find surge protectors on 10' cords...) Oh, and the English wing at the HS - when they put in the AC, they put in windows that don't open. Which is great when the AC doesn't work. Which is, oh, EVERY AUGUST.
Besides, when it's nasty like this, we get out early (elementary gets out early for the first few weeks anyway). No way would the kids jeopardize that! ;) That's why every year, there's inevitably someone in state legislature who wants to get repeal the waivers for starting before Labor Day (which virtually every district applies for). And every year after they propose it, it's blissfully cool the first few weeks, then a sauna in September. Heh.