LOCKLAND, Ohio — Students attending Lockland School District will not have classes for the rest of the week due to a lack of air conditioning within the main campus building as temperatures are expected to soar through the week.
This specifically affects students in grades five through 12. Classes will still be held for grades Pre-K through grade 4, since those are held in the Annex building that still has air conditioning.
According to a social media post written by the district's superintendent, Bob Longworth, construction on the main campus building has forced the school to hold all classes in rooms on the second and third floors.
Because of that, the room temperatures are hotter than outside air temperatures, Longworth wrote.
"As temperatures continue to rise throughout the week, it is clear that it will not be in the best interest of students or staff to hold class on main campus for the remainder of this week," Longworth wrote.
Longworth said district officials were able to register triple-digit feel-like temperatures within the school by early Monday afternoon; he acknowledged temperatures are only anticipated to worsen in the coming days.
Students will return to the building beginning Monday, August 28.
Longworth also advised that parents can pick up their child or children early on Monday, if they are able to do so.
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