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Parents and teachers urge stronger HVAC action after mixed results from temporary cooling trial
Summary
Speakers praised district steps to provide temporary cooling and HVAC savings but described problems with swamp coolers, classroom temperatures and communication; parents and educators asked the board to make HVAC a recurring agenda item and to expand trials.
Parents and teachers at the Facilities Improvement Oversight Committee meeting described uneven results from the district's temporary cooling measures during recent heat events and urged broader, more transparent HVAC planning.
Dr. Effie Greathouse, a parent with the group Safe Indoor Air for Oregon Schools, praised the district's leadership and the placement of temporary cooling equipment in 15 schools, saying savings found in other areas “is potentially another elementary school or middle school getting a desperately needed HVAC overhaul.” She asked…
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