PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Philadelphia school district will lay off a number of students Tuesday and Wednesday early because of the heat wave that hits the region this week.
The 70 schools that will close early have no air conditioning or the buildings have inadequate cooling systems. Classes end three hours early.
The following schools in Philadelphia will be affected:
- AMY at James Martin
- AMY Northwest
- Marianne Anderson
- Bache Martin
- Claire Barton
- James G Blaine
- Bridesburg Annex
- Building 21
- Gloria Casarez
- Castor Gardens
- Joseph Catherine
- Lewis Cassidy
- Central High School
- Benjamin B. Comegys
- Watson Comely
- Kennedy C. Crossan
- Anna B. Day
- Hamilton Disston
- Paul Dunbar
- Ellwood
- Eleanor Emlen
- D. Newlin fell
- Thomas K. Finletter
- Edwin H. Fitler
- Aloysius L. Fitzpatrick
- Fox hunt
- Benjamin High Franklin
- Horace Furness
- Edward Gideon
- Stephen Girard
- Warren Harding
- Karel Hendrik
- Hill-Freedman World Academy
- Francis Hopkinson
- Henry Houston
- Julia Howe
- Abraham Jenks
- John S. Jenks
- Eliza B. Kirkbride
- Robert Lambert
- Anna Lingelbach
- Willem Loesche
- James Ludlow
- John McCloskey
- Alexander McClure
- Morton McMichael
- Weir Mitchell
- J. Hampton Moore
- Alternative for middle years
- George Nebinger
- Olney Elementary
- Overbrook Educational Center Annex
- Overbrook Elementary
- Park Road West
- John Patterson
- Penn treaty
- Rhawnhurst
- Theodore Roosevelt
- William Rowen
- Roxborough High
- William Sayre
- George W. Sharswood
- Isaac Sheppard
- SLA (BFHS campus)
- South Philadelphia high
- Spring garden
- Gilbert Spruance
- James Sullivan
- William Tilden
- The U School
- General Louis Wagner
- Laura Waring
- Martha Washington
CBS Philadelphia is still waiting to see what the PSD will decide on Thursday and Friday at the end of the week.
Delaware County
- The Upper Darby School District is also on the train for early dismissal. According to the USDD superintendent, students leave early Tuesday through Thursday.
- The William Penn School District has a half day for students from Wednesday through Friday due to the extreme heat. Wednesday is the district’s first day of school.
Buck’s County
- Quakertown Elementary in Bucks County will also receive an early layoff tomorrow and virtual learning on Wednesday and Thursday due to the heat wave.
Montgomery County
- Keith Valley Middle School in the Hatboro-Horsham School District will have an early discharge on Tuesday, September 5 and Wednesday, September 6 at 1 p.m.
- Cheltenham High School closes at 11.45am on Tuesday due to no air conditioning
CBS News Philadelphia staff
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