Students Keep Cool and Carry On

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Whether it is </span><a href="https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/wrh/heatrisk/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">extreme heat</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> or </span><a href="https://www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-basics/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">poor air quality</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, our teachers and staff know what to do to keep students safe and learning at school. This week&rsquo;s heat wave was an example.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our teachers and staff made sure students had many water breaks and kept a watchful eye for any health issues.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As the day grew warmer, schools limited outdoor activity. They implemented &ldquo;rainy day&rdquo; recess and lunch schedules to allow students to play with board games and legos or watch a short film in air conditioned rooms. Those rooms also are equipped with highly effective MERV-13 air filters to keep the indoor air safe.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fortunately, the district completed installation and repairs to air conditioning units in all teaching and learning spaces last year, thanks to now-dwindling bond funds. If older AC units failed, our staff worked to fix them and/or place students in other rooms with functioning AC.</span></p> <blockquote> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pictured above: To stay cool, Capri students took turns watching a movie in the cafeteria. Schools across the district altered schedules so students could be inside during the hottest part of the day. Air conditioned classrooms with MERV-13 air filters and lots of water breaks are helping students and staff beat the heat during this week&rsquo;s heat wave.</span></em></p> </blockquote>

Schedule adjustments keep teaching and learning happening through extreme heat.

<p><span>Whether it is </span><a href="https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/wrh/heatrisk/"><span>extreme heat</span></a><span> or </span><a href="https://www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-basics/"><span>poor air quality</span></a><span>, our teachers and staff know what to do to keep students safe and learning at school. This week’s heat wave was an example. </span></p> <p><span>Our teachers and staff made sure students had many water breaks and kept a watchful eye for any health issues. </span></p> <p><span>As the day grew warmer, schools limited outdoor activity. They implemented “rainy day” recess and lunch schedules to allow students to play with board games and legos or watch a short film in air conditioned rooms. Those rooms also are equipped with highly effective MERV-13 air filters to keep the indoor air safe.</span></p> <p><span>Fortunately, the district completed installation and repairs to air conditioning units in all teaching and learning spaces last year, thanks to now-dwindling bond funds. If older AC units failed, our staff worked to fix them and/or place students in other rooms with functioning AC.</span></p> <blockquote><p><em><span>Pictured above: To stay cool, Capri students took turns watching a movie in the cafeteria. Schools across the district altered schedules so students could be inside during the hottest part of the day. Air conditioned classrooms with MERV-13 air filters and lots of water breaks are helping students and staff beat the heat during this week’s heat wave.</span></em></p> </blockquote>

<p>Schedule adjustments keep teaching and learning happening through extreme heat.</p>

cafeteria filled with young students watching a video on large screen