McKinley High School should not buy more air conditioning .

First of all, according to the Department of Education it will cost  $1.7 billion if all schools want to buy more air conditioning. Air conditioning is very expensive.

Second, according to the Department of Education, the current annual electricity bill for HIDOE schools and facilities is $48 million. This amount would increase as high-energy AC systems are installed.

Third, if we put air conditioning in classrooms, the temperature will go down and it could get colder. It can make the students in classrooms feel cold or sick and the students cannot pay attention in class. Freshman Haixin Ruan said she is scared getting too cold.

It is true, 90 degrees in a classroom is too hot. Instead of buying air conditioning, McKinley can buy more fans for classroom that don’t have air conditioning.

It’s also true that, because of the high heat, some kids and teacher in some classrooms start looking tired in class.It’s hard to focus. Freshman Lynn Nguyen said, “McKinley needs to buy more air conditioning. When it’s too hot, it’s harder to learn because it’s too uncomfortable.”

Freshman Trieu Benny said, “The rooms are too hot and there are few windows.”

Seamus Puette, ESOL teacher, said, “MHS is too hot. The temperature today was 85 degree with 66% humidity,making it feel like 91 degree. The NOAA declares that temperature to be in the “goldenrod” category;Extreme caution. For student and staff safety, air conditioning is highly recommended.

I think the kids and the teacher can bring ice water to decrease the temperature in their body.

I am not for more air conditioning because the air conditioning costs so much money and I think we can buy fans and drink cold water.

Student Poll – Do you think all classrooms in our school should have air conditioning?

This article was originally published on Nov. 2, 2015. Changes in structure, information, and factual errors were made on Dec. 14, 2015.