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C.-1 25-0103 A report to the Measures B, J, and Y Independent Citizens' School Facilities Bond Oversight Committee, by Chief of Systems and Services, or designee, of an Update on the 2025 Facilities Master Plan.
Classroom heat issues need to be fixed asap. It’s unsustainable to expect children to learn in conditions where the rooms are 80+ degrees and expect teachers and aids to work in those conditions as well. I picked my daughter up today (high of 91 with no AC) the kids were all lethargic and pink-cheeked. Please resolve this soon. Thank you!
Classroom heat abatement needs to be addressed asap. Our children are coming home feeling unwell due to the temperatures in their classrooms. The teachers should not have to work in 90 degree + classrooms. An immediate fix and a longer term infrastructure plan needs to made to address this issue. Thank you for your time.
We need classroom heat abatement NOW; both short term and long term solutions. It is 91 degrees today outside and will only be hotter in the classroom. This hot weather is going to continue year after year and we need to address it to make the classrooms a safe and comfortable learning environment
Board members, please address SHORT-TERM heat abatement in the next Facilities subcommittee meeting.
Perkins Eastman's survey showed that heat and lead abatement are the top facilities demand from the community. We need action on this NOW, as indoor temperatures regularly reach 90 and even 100 degrees F at Laurel Elementary and other aging sites. Reasonable temperatures is a basic human need and investment in cooling will improve attendance, academic achievement, and retention for both students and teachers.
A 2023 pilot study proved that passive strategies—like roof insulation and ceiling fans—can eliminate up to 90% of unacceptable indoor heat hours at schools like Laurel. These are cost-effective, environmentally friendly solutions that don't require expensive air conditioning.
Please schedule an agenda item for the next Facilities subcommittee meeting to call on your experts to identify what can be done for our students and staff during this school year.
As you update the 2025 facilities master plan, and develop future facilities plans, addressing cooling classrooms district-wide must be a top priority. Excessive classroom heat undermines learning and disproportionately harms the very students OUSD is most committed to supporting. Research proves this is not merely an equity issue about comfort, but primarily about achievement. An international study of 10 million students, including 12,000 US school districts, found that each 1°F increase in school-year temperature reduces the amount learned that year by 1%—and that impact is a whopping three times greater for students of color, as well as for students from low-income families ("Learning is inhibited by heat exposure..." article from Nature.com,2021). Parents from Laurel and Sequoia have started to explore heat mitigation options but real, short- and long-term solutions will require collaboration and financial investment. Our students and their teachers need leaders to prioritize this
Classroom heat issues need to be fixed asap. It’s unsustainable to expect children to learn in conditions where the rooms are 80+ degrees and expect teachers and aids to work in those conditions as well. I picked my daughter up today (high of 91 with no AC) the kids were all lethargic and pink-cheeked. Please resolve this soon. Thank you!
Classroom heat abatement needs to be addressed asap. Our children are coming home feeling unwell due to the temperatures in their classrooms. The teachers should not have to work in 90 degree + classrooms. An immediate fix and a longer term infrastructure plan needs to made to address this issue. Thank you for your time.
We need classroom heat abatement NOW; both short term and long term solutions. It is 91 degrees today outside and will only be hotter in the classroom. This hot weather is going to continue year after year and we need to address it to make the classrooms a safe and comfortable learning environment
Board members, please address SHORT-TERM heat abatement in the next Facilities subcommittee meeting.
Perkins Eastman's survey showed that heat and lead abatement are the top facilities demand from the community. We need action on this NOW, as indoor temperatures regularly reach 90 and even 100 degrees F at Laurel Elementary and other aging sites. Reasonable temperatures is a basic human need and investment in cooling will improve attendance, academic achievement, and retention for both students and teachers.
A 2023 pilot study proved that passive strategies—like roof insulation and ceiling fans—can eliminate up to 90% of unacceptable indoor heat hours at schools like Laurel. These are cost-effective, environmentally friendly solutions that don't require expensive air conditioning.
Please schedule an agenda item for the next Facilities subcommittee meeting to call on your experts to identify what can be done for our students and staff during this school year.
As you update the 2025 facilities master plan, and develop future facilities plans, addressing cooling classrooms district-wide must be a top priority. Excessive classroom heat undermines learning and disproportionately harms the very students OUSD is most committed to supporting. Research proves this is not merely an equity issue about comfort, but primarily about achievement. An international study of 10 million students, including 12,000 US school districts, found that each 1°F increase in school-year temperature reduces the amount learned that year by 1%—and that impact is a whopping three times greater for students of color, as well as for students from low-income families ("Learning is inhibited by heat exposure..." article from Nature.com,2021). Parents from Laurel and Sequoia have started to explore heat mitigation options but real, short- and long-term solutions will require collaboration and financial investment. Our students and their teachers need leaders to prioritize this