Comments on: Turn up the heat in DeKalb classrooms, please!

By: jackie

jackie — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:06:18 +0000

Who among us has not noticedhow school systems will take an old high school and spend millions on it to make a new administration building for themselves.Then they proceed to stuff the building with friends and relatives at exhorbiant salaries. Idiots without a college degree make a lot more moey than teachers and their life is never scrutiinized like teachers are.

By: Sarge

Sarge — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:07:10 +0000

It’s one thing to generate heat by moving about the classroom…quite another story when the kid sits, somewhat stationary, in chair. This sounds like a simple case of dereliction of duty. Who is responsible for the welfare of kids, teachers, and all personnel in the building? You gotit…MR PRINCIPAL HIMSELF. Now what would happen if, say, a concerned neighbor (un-named of course), noticing the absence of exhaust from the school’s boilers, called the media to “check up”…you know, those trucks with reporters and such. SOMETIMES, ONLY DIRTBALL TACTICS WORK WITH DIRTBALLS!

By: NA

NA — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:28:58 +0000

I (illegally) fool w/ my thermostat in my room, because the air conditioning is on. Across the hall, the air has been blowing full blast and my co-worker and her students walk around in their coats all day. The air is actually blowing papers posted on the wall and you can hear it whistling in the vents.

By: Up front and personal

Up front and personal — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:53:37 +0000

Philosopher…Really??? My kids and I always thought the teachers made the rooms cold to keep the students awake…no lie! And that is exactly what has been done during testing weeks, only colder…that they were told officially.

By: teacher/parent

teacher/parent — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:02:48 +0000

Easy solution-just come up with another calendar where we don’t go to school unless it’s between 65-75 degrees outside. But seriously, this is ridiculous. Pinch your pennies somewhere else, but let individual schools and teachers determine when to run heat and AC.

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By: Meme

Meme — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:56:01 +0000

Thank goodness I can control the temp in my classroom. The kids complain that it is hot in my room (76) and cold in some of the others. I suggest to them that they wear short sleeves and carry a jacket.

By: Teacher&mom

Teacher&mom — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:26:41 +0000

@ Dekalb teacher…room temperatures and outside temperatures are two different things. Having taught in a classroom where the average room temperature was 58 degrees because of the air conditioning and a poorly designed heating and air system, it really didn’t matter to me that it was 80 degrees outside. I was cold. I did not have an outside door or a window to open to help regulate the temperature. The opposite was true in the winter time. We were miserably hot.

My students have learned to wear short sleeves and carry a jacket. It may be stifling hot in Mrs. so-in-so’s classroom but next door it is cold. We are locked out of our thermostats so we can’t regulate the room temperatures. In an effort to save money, our system locked up the thermostats and everything is on a timer.

By: Joy in Teaching

Joy in Teaching — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:08:55 +0000

School temps in my county are all controlled by the BOE which is on the other side of the county. Of course some schools (including mine) require teachers to be there by 6:45 while the BOE doesn’t open until 8:00. If there is a dip in the temperature during the night, it doesn’t even start to get addressed until kids have been in classes for at least an hour.

Not that the BOE cares…it’s nice and toasty over there in the Taj Mahal.

By: BlackGirl

BlackGirl — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:47:25 +0000

I too worked in Dekalb and it was quite chilly in my classroom. I never understood why they waited until a certain time of year. Every teacher should be able to control the climate in their class.

@Dekalb Teacher, my mom is a lot like you. She doesn’t think it gets really cold here, but she isn’t from Georgia. I am, and I think 32 degrees outside is C-O-L-D. It does get into the teens sometimes as well.