PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — School is officially back in session next week, and in anticipation of extreme heat, the School District of Philadelphia has announced some schedule changes.
They say 74 schools without air conditioning or with inadequate cooling systems will dismiss two hours early Tuesday, Sept. 5 and Wednesday, Sept. 6.
Chief Operations Officer Oz Hill says the district implements these responses when temperatures are expected to reach or exceed 85℉ for one or more consecutive days.
According to our partners at NBC10, it is supposed to be around 94℉ Tuesday and 93℉ Wednesday.
As for the rest of the week, Hill says they will be sure to let students, families and staff know as early as possible about any dismissals or closures.
“We have been working with urgency over the past five years to install updated air conditioning systems and the extensive electrical systems that support them in our schools,” Hill noted. “We will continue to expedite this work, in alignment with the strategic actions outlined in our strategic plan, Accelerate Philly, in order to eliminate extreme heat as a disruption to in-person learning.
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Here is a list of the schools closing early:
- AMY at James Martin
- AMY Northwest
- Marian Anderson Neighborhood Academy
- Bache-Martin
- Clara Barton
- James G. Blaine
- Bridesburg Annex
- Building 21
- Gloria Casarez
- Castor Gardens
- Joseph Catharine
- Lewis C. Cassidy Academics Plus
- Central High School
- Benjamin B. Comegys
- Watson Comly
- Kennedy C. Crossan
- Anna B. Day School
- Hamilton Disston
- Paul L. Dunbar
- Ellwood
- Eleanor C. Emlen
- D. Newlin Fell
- Thomas K. Finletter Academics Plus
- Fitler Academics Plus School
- Aloysius L. Fitzpatrick
- Fox Chase
- Benjamin Franklin High
- Horace Furness
- Edward Gideon
- Stephen Girard
- Warren Harding
- Charles Henry
- Hill-Freedman World Academy
- Francis Hopkinson
- Henry Houston
- Julia Howe
- Abram Jenks
- John S. Jenks
- Eliza B. Kirkbride
- Robert E. Lamberton
- Anna Lingelbach
- William H. Loesche
- James Ludlow
- John McCloskey
- Alexander McClure
- Morton McMichael
- William Meredith
- Weir Mitchell
- Moore, J. Hampton
- Middle Years Alternative (MYA)
- George W. Nebinger
- Olney Elementary
- Overbrook Educational Center Annex
- Overbrook Elementary
- Parkway West
- John Patterson
- Penn Treaty
- Rhawnhurst
- Theodore Roosevelt Elementary
- William Rowen
- Roxborough High
- William Sayre
- George W. Sharswood
- Issac Sheppard
- SLA (BFHS Campus)
- South Philadelphia High
- Spring Garden
- Gilbert Spruance
- James Sullivan
- William Tilden
- The U School
- General Louis Wagner Middle School
- Laura W. Waring
- Martha Washington
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