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Too hot for learning: American schools that never needed AC are now overheating. Fixes will cost billions. (wapo.st)
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As heat waves creep north, they are baking schools that previously did not need air conditioning. Fixing the problem will be neither cheap, nor easy.

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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Let's be honest - they always needed AC. They just told kids to suffer for a month at either end of the school year.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

In some places, they did. More do now

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Everywhere in America, they did. Schools just insisted it was fine.

It's worse now - but it was already bad.