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About 40,000 Boston Public School students in first to twelfth grades went back to school Thursday in hot and humid conditions. The district kicked off the school year with more bus drivers and fewer teacher vacancies compared with last year.
Among BPS schools without A/C, 10 had an average room temperature of above 80 degrees as of 11 a.m. Thursday.
Boston Public Schools facilities staff have installed thousands of air conditioning units over the last two years.
Older school buildings across New England are ill-equipped for extreme heat, which is becoming increasingly common.
Many Massachusetts classrooms are not equipped with air conditioning, even as sweltering temperatures persist in the first week of September, which pediatricians say could affect students’ ability to learn.