CPS students are projected by one researcher to have 38 school days with temps above 80 by 2025, 12 more than in 1970.
Air conditioning units can be seen in the windows at John Milton Gregory Math and Science Academy in Chicago on Aug. 18, 2032.
“We seem to keep getting more Band-Aids on our situation, temporary fixes,” she said, noting the school has a new playground — while children who’ll be playing in the heat may not have sufficiently cool classrooms. And experts say the learning environment in classrooms with portable units — and the window units installed across the district by former Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration — aren’t comparable to classrooms with central AC, given the noise those units produce, their unequal distribution of cooling within classrooms and the lack of filtration.
Those are often interior spaces, while window units only serve exterior-facing classrooms — and are prone to breaking down, said Paul Chinowsky, a professor emeritus in civil, architectural and environmental engineering at the University of Colorado who researches the impact of climate change on schools and associated costs.
“If you’re sitting right near those units, you get cold,” he said. “If you’re sitting 20 feet away, you’re not getting quite the same benefit. So you’ve got cold kids, you’ve got warm kids. They’re not really designed for a classroom environment.” “People recover faster when they’re in the right environment. You learn better when you’re in the right environment, you lose less days at work when you’re in the right environment. It’s critical for students.”
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