Uneven Classroom Temps Distract Students, Teachers
With the 2011-2012 school year under way, students and teachers have come into the school year expecting many things. What they did not expect were freezing rooms that make you shiver, and hot rooms that leave you sweating by the time the bell rings.
Temperature has been an issue as long as teachers can remember; an issue that was thought to be solved last school year with the installation of the new central air and heat system by a company based out of Chicago. This new system gave teachers control over the temperature in their rooms, or so they thought.
Teachers like Matt Goerss found that no matter how he turned his dial, he and his students could not escape the cold.
“I think it’s difficult for students to focus when it’s too hot or cold in the classroom. It’s worse when the classroom is too hot, because the heat drains your energy, especially by the afternoon,” said Goerss. He does believe however that “cold classrooms would be a great solution to some of the dress code issues that we always have at the beginning of the school year.”
Students have been struggling with the temperatures as well.
When Junior Amanda Flaningam was asked if she had trouble in the cold rooms, she replied, “Yes, we can’t focus if we are freezing.”
UHS teacher Felisha Defries says her students have been having difficulties because, “all of my students are dressed for summer, but should be dressed for winter!”
Assistant Principal Mr. Greg Hall could not be reached for comment.
Although there is no apparent date when the air system will be fixed, it will ease everyone’s mind to know that a representative from the company has already been at the high school, and is working hard regardless of the many setbacks including the power outage on Thursday, August 31.
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