The district says 74 schools without air conditioning or inadequate cooling will be dismissed two hours early on Tuesday and Wednesday.
"Student safety is our number one priority, and the District is taking several measures to help maintain healthy and comfortable classroom conditions," said Oz Hill, Chief Operating Officer for the School District of Philadelphia. "The District has invested $285.7 million to improve electrical and HVAC systems in 23 schools, with an emphasis on those serving elementary students. We have installed over 800 window air conditioning units and over 1,400 hydration stations to provide cool, filtered drinking water."
The district will continue to monitor heat conditions throughout the week. Any decisions about Thursday September 7 or Friday, September 8 will be communicated by noon the day before.
According to AccuWeather, the forecasted high for Monday and Tuesday is 96 degrees. Heat index values will be near 100.
The following schools will be impacted:
1. AMY at James Martin
2. AMY Northwest
3. Anderson, Marian
4. Bache-Martin*
5. Barton, Clara*
6. Blaine, James G*
7. Bridesburg Annex
8. Building 21
9. Casarez, Gloria
10. Castor Gardens
11. Catharine, Joseph*
12. Cassidy, Lewis
13. Central HS
14. Comegys, Benjamin B
15. Comly, Watson
16. Crossan, Kennedy C
17. Day, Anna B*
18. Disston, Hamilton
19. Dunbar, Paul
20. Ellwood
21. Emlen, Eleanor*
22. Fell, D Newlin
23. Finletter, Thomas K
24. Fitler, Edwin H
25. Fitzpatrick, Aloysius L*
26. Fox Chase
27. Franklin, Benjamin High
28. Furness, Horace
29. Gideon, Edward*
30. Girard, Stephen
31. Harding, Warren
32. Henry, Charles
33. Hill-Freedman World Academy
34. Hopkinson, Francis
35. Houston, Henry
36. Howe, Julia
37. Jenks, Abram
38. Jenks, John S
39. Kirkbride, Eliza B*
40. Lamberton, Robert*
41. Lingelbach, Anna
42. Loesche, William*
43. Ludlow, James
44. McCloskey, John
45. McClure, Alexander*
46. McMichael, Morton*
47. Meredith, William
48. Mitchell, Weir
49. Moore, J Hampton
50. Middle Years Alternative (MYA)
51. Nebinger, George*
52. Olney Elementary
53. Overbrook Educational Center Annex
54. Overbrook Elementary
55. Parkway West
56. Patterson, John*
57. Penn Treaty
58. Rhawnhurst*
59. Roosevelt, Theodore
60. Rowen, William
61. Roxborough High
62. Sayre, William
63. Sharswood, George W*
64. Sheppard, Isaac
65. SLA (BFHS Campus)
66. South Philadelphia High*
67. Spring Garden
68. Spruance, Gilbert*
69. Sullivan, James
70. Tilden, William
71. The U School
72. Wagner, General Louis
73. Waring, Laura
74. Washington, Martha
(*) Schools have PreK/Head Start on-site.