CORTLAND, Ohio (WYTV) – On Tuesday, students across the Valley were sweating because the heat didn’t stop schools without air conditioning from holding class.
Lakeview High School is one of them but there are some air-conditioned areas in the building.
“In the morning, I can open my windows and let in a cool breeze, and it doesn’t affect the learning environment for students,” said Laura Wood, an English teacher. “However, as the day moves on, it does get a little warmer.”
Teachers said when their classrooms get warm and stuffy, they move to those cooler areas to finish class.
Wood moves her class to the air-conditioned library.
“By the end of the day, we get over a hundred kids. About a hundred kids are in here with their teachers because it does get hot in the building,” said Andria Morningstar-Gray, the librarian.
Morningstar-Gray said it’s usually the beginning and end of the school year when teachers have to deal with warm classrooms.
Superintendent Velina Taylor said hot days are not a problem. They have an alternative.
“What they tend to do, especially for teachers on the second floor because it heats up a little more than the first floor, they tend to cycle people into those air-conditioned places. The cafeteria is air-conditioned, it’s a big place. The media center is air-conditioned, it’s a big place.”
Taylor said classes have been in session for about eight weeks now and heat has never been a problem.
“It’s when there are hot days in a row and it doesn’t cool off at night that it gets a lot more uncomfortable. But when we have cool nights like we did last night, the building cools off quite a bit so it takes a while for it to heat back up.”
Taylor said it’s when students are out of classes that the heat is at its peak, so they aren’t really affected by it.
