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Board reviews new state heat-mitigation rules and potential impact on school days
Summary
Superintendent Mike Pero summarized state rules requiring district responses when classroom temperatures reach set thresholds and warned that closing school early for heat still counts against the statutory 180‑day requirement; the board discussed mitigation options but no formal action was taken.
PITTSFORD, N.Y. — The Pittsford Central School District Board of Education heard a briefing Aug. 12 on new state heat-mitigation requirements that direct districts to take specified steps when classroom temperatures reach certain thresholds and to remove students from spaces when temperatures reach 88 degrees “where practicable.”
Superintendent Mike Pero told the board the law sets triggers — examples given at 82 degrees and a stronger response at 88 degrees — and lists mitigation steps such as turning off lights, pulling shades, increasing ventilation,…
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