The record high temperature, which hovered above 90 degrees on Thursday and Friday, forced several Denver Public Schools (DPS) to close or suspend classes because the extreme heat created a difficult classroom environment for students and made it difficult for them to learn.
When the classroom temperature soared, DPS staff were forced to decide whether to send the students home or stay at school.
Schools that will close or suspend classes earlier on Friday said high temperatures make it difficult for students to study, especially in buildings No air conditioning, Reported by Fox affiliate KDVR.
The National Weather Service (NWS) said the record high temperature 96 degrees Held in Denver on Thursday afternoon. The agency added that the new record beat the previous record by 94 degrees, which was set in 1994.
Expected to hit a record high on Friday 98 degreesAccording to the National Weather Service, this temperature will break the daily record of 93 degrees set in 2018.
Heather Bock, director of planning and construction at DPS, said that “it is unfair to set up in a classroom that is very suitable for learning” and added that some DPS schools were built 100 years ago, so it is difficult to modify the architectural design.
A few schools can install air-conditioning, such as Grant Beacon Middle School, but there are still 55 schools in the area that do not have central air-conditioning in need of air-conditioning.
The following schools will be closed on Friday:
Taylors College
Hamilton Middle School
North Star Elementary School
McMinn Primary School
The following schools will only be open long time Friday:
Knapp Primary School
Durr Primary School
Manual high school
Corey Elementary School
Denison Montessori
Asbury Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School
Steadman Elementary
Stephen Knight Early Education Center
Steele Elementary School
Brown International College
Thomas Jefferson High School
Earlier this week, the National Weather Service warned that there would be “A little more smoke Mixed with the sun,” added that Thursday and Friday “will be very hot and the temperature will be close to record levels. The agency said on Thursday that “smoke will continue to be a problem on Friday” in Denver, but it expects the situation to ease over the weekend.
Colorado has been hit by wildfires in the past few weeks, and the authorities are paying close attention Montenegro, Located 8 miles northeast of Kremlin. As of Wednesday, the fire has burned 418 acres and has been controlled at 61%.
By 2021, East High School in Denver and other public schools in the city will no longer have police officers on campus because the school board terminated its contract with the Denver Police Department.
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