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Board adopts state-required maximum indoor temperature policy for schools
Summary
Trustees approved a state-mandated policy setting classroom response steps at 82°F and 88°F, including measures such as lights off, shades down and student relocation or school closure if 88°F is reached.
The Niagara Falls board on July 31 adopted a state-required policy that sets indoor temperature thresholds and required responses for school rooms and spaces. The policy prescribes mitigation steps at 82 degrees Fahrenheit and mandates either moving students to a cooler area or closing the school if the indoor temperature reaches 88 degrees.
Superintendent Tony Lohrey told trustees that, with the exception of two small sites (the CEC and the…
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