At Roberto Clemente High, portable AC units had just been removed Wednesday because they'd failed, according to Chicago Public Schools.
A district spokesperson said the portable units had been removed Wednesday because they failed, that the air conditioning was restored in the afternoon and that the district had provided new portable units. But staff members said the heat mounted through the end of the day.In Brighton Park, Anthony Moser said temperatures at Calmeca Fine Arts and Dual Language Academy, where his daughters attend first and third grade, have been hot since the first day of school Monday.
CPS’ most recent assessment of the school shows long-known issues: “Chiller 2 has been down for over a year awaiting approval to replace a burned-out control board. Chiller 1 needs to occasionally be manually reset due to a BAS software issue.” “Issues that would be considered a real problem in adult life are supposed to somehow be tolerable when they’re happening to children,” Moser said. And, mentioning historic problems with vendors, such as Aramark, he said maintenance and procurement is “a very unaccountable process.”García Avilés said she’s been told the needed repairs will be pricey. But, she added, “Students deserve to be in a comfortable learning environment and CPS is failing to provide that for students.
National supply chain issues have delayed some facility repairs, CPS said, adding that the district has worked with vendors to shift cooling equipment as needed when supplies are not available to complete repairs. Before the start of the school year, CPS said it developed and implemented a plan to ensure all schools had functioning air conditioning, conducting ongoing preventative maintenance checks on all AC units and systems throughout the district and correcting any identified issues.
At George Washington Elementary School, where classrooms with broken units relied on portable AC this week, parent Marcie Pedraza said, “They always want 100% attendance, the first day, the first week.” But, she said parents often make the judgment call: “‘If it’s too hot, I’m not sending my kid to school.’”
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