Schools Sweating Through Heat Wave | Raleigh News

0:00It's September 3rd. I'm Corey with the story, and this is Raleigh News today, local news powered by AI. Yo, so we're seeing a serious heat wave hitting the schools in the triangle area. Wake and Durham County districts have had to send kids home early this week because the classrooms are getting way too hot. Think upper 90s inside, man. That's not a learning environment. This ain't just a one-off situation. Over a third of Wake County schools are dealing with some kind of cooling problem right now. It's odd at Hillside High in Durham where it got so hot they had to dismiss students early Wednesday afternoon. Green level high in Kerry had to move kids around too because the AC just wasn't cutting it. The superintendent in Wake County, Robert Taylor, acknowledged they've got a massive system to manage over 5,000 pieces of equipment across. 200 schools. He said they're constantly working to keep things running, but it's a big job. You can feel the frustration from parents and students no doubt. Now the big questions on everyone's mind are why these AC failures keep happening, how

1:03can they fix them quicker, and what's the long-term plan to? Stop this from being a recurring problem every summer. Officials are definitely being pressed for answers on these fronts. It's a tough situation when the heat outside is already brutal and then you've got to worry about the inside of the classroom being just as bad. Hopefully, they can get these systems sorted out before the heat gets even worse.