Following AC Meltdown in Baltimore, Hogan Orders School-by-School Audit

[TexasTowelie]

For two days, frustrated parents in Baltimore have been forced to retrieve their children from school on short notice due to back-to-back early dismissals. The reason: a lack of functioning air conditioning systems that made buildings unbearably hot.

On Wednesday, a visibly irritated Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) ordered Maryland’s top education officials to conduct a building-by-building review to determine which schools lack proper ventilation and air filtration systems.

Thirty-one city schools were forced to shut down early on Tuesday, the second day of class.

Speaking at the start of the bimonthly Board of Public Works meeting, Hogan hammered local officials for failing to ensure that every building was ready for the start of the new school year.

Read more: https://www.marylandmatters.org/2021/09/01/following-ac-meltdown-in-baltimore-hogan-orders-school-by-school-audit/

[jimfields33]

1. I still think schools should not start until after Labor Day.

Starting in august is dumb. It’s too hot.

[elleng]

3. Not too hot in Calvert County,

grandson's happily back, in 2d grade.

[BoomaofBandM]

2. Gee, I wonder if fixing something like this would be covered in the infrastructure bill?

[elleng]

4. Should be, but there should be no reason MD can't handle the problems, imo.

(Obviously I have no inside information on Balto's financials.)