The September sun had some students seeking shade, and made a water bottle a key back-to-school accessory during recess at Eastview School in White Plains, with staff carefully watching to keep the students.
"They hydrate before coming out. They hydrate when they go back in," Principal Leroy Dixon said.
Most classrooms have no air conditioning. It was 87 degrees inside one classroom on the third floor. On days like Wednesday, the auditorium and other air conditioned spaces are used as cooling centers. "These students now will be going into their classrooms, and the teachers have the ability to go to a cooling center. That's been pre-established," Dixon said. There will be relief for future heatwaves - air conditioning is coming to the classrooms. The district is using $10 million in federal pandemic funds to upgrade HVAC district-wide. Units are being installed to cool classrooms, and purify the air.
"It will also have occupancy sensors, so that when people are in that building, or out of the classroom, it will turn on and off. So, energy efficiency," Director of Facilities and Operations Frank Stefanelli said.
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