As 1000’s of scholars at Denver Public Colleges (DPS) returned to class Monday, a lot of them sat in lecture rooms all day with none air con.
It’s a problem Denver7 has been following for years, and one the district continues to deal with.
“To have the ability to educate and study in a room that was 95, or the mid-90s, it was not unusual right here in any respect,” stated Mia Martinez Lopez, West Excessive College’s principal. “It was day by day that I might verify the temperature and simply be gearing up for realizing that we might be having to make completely different plans to maneuver children out of lecture rooms that had been too scorching.”
As college students at West begin a brand new college yr, they’re lastly discovering some much-needed reduction.
West was considered one of 11 faculties that had air con put in over the summer season. DPS officers instructed Denver7 Monday 13 extra faculties may have air con put in of their buildings over the subsequent yr. It’s all because of a $795 million bond voters permitted in 2020.
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