[Greatma]

OK we had better check next week and make sure the air is working in our
classrooms. I hope they have been checking them . Even if they have with them
being off this summer, some will stop working. It is going to be too hot for them
for them to stop working.

[workingforaliving]

The teachers will have been in the classroom for 4 days by the time the kiddos get there. I would hope that maintence requests have already been submitted.

[NC-17]

how does a parent check the ac system in an individual classroom?

[tbird]

NC-17, on 31 July 2011 - 07:21 PM, said:

how does a parent check the ac system in an individual classroom?

If your kids come home and say it is really hot and the air is not working--then you make a trip to the school and visit the classroom????

[NC-17]

tbird, on 31 July 2011 - 08:17 PM, said:

If your kids come home and say it is really hot and the air is not working--then you make a trip to the school and visit the classroom????

oh. ok. kind of like a field trip. where hundreds of parents show up and interrupt the classes. I get it.


perhaps a call to he office before the kids return to school would be a better suggestion? or maybe an email to your childs teacher, who's already working in the classroom?


yes. I took some time to think about it and answered my own question.

[workingforaliving]

NC-17, on 31 July 2011 - 08:21 PM, said:

oh. ok. kind of like a field trip. where hundreds of parents show up and interrupt the classes. I get it.


perhaps a call to he office before the kids return to school would be a better suggestion? or maybe an email to your childs teacher, who's already working in the classroom?


yes. I took some time to think about it and answered my own question.

You're so hot when you're being rational and logical.


(hot....haha...pun)

[Mariposa]

You can check tomorrow afternoon/night at open house when you will be visiting their classrooms anyway.

[Joe Sixpack]

Let's not forget to check that the water is still working! Kids need water, right?
Toilets need to be on the list too ... </smartass remark>

[NC-17]

Joe Sixpack, on 31 July 2011 - 08:26 PM, said:

Let's not forget to check that the water is still working! Kids need water, right?
Toilets need to be on the list too ... </smartass remark>

are you not concerned at all about the condition of the pencil sharpener? really?
I think every parent should bring a pencil to open house.

[justgettingby]

While you are there, perhaps you should make sure all the smoke detectors are in working order as well.

[~Chester~]

workingforaliving, on 31 July 2011 - 08:22 PM, said:

You're so hot when you're being rational and logical.


(hot....haha...pun)

[mysterious]

To the OP....I am glad to see that you are concerned about your childs needs.
Too many parents today are not.
A lot of people consider school as a free babysitter and they have no concern as to the conditions their children face while they are there.

[gog8tors]

NC-17, on 31 July 2011 - 08:30 PM, said:

are you not concerned at all about the condition of the pencil sharpener? really?
I think every parent should bring a pencil to open house.

Do they still have those? DS's class didn't have them last year or the year before that. :pardon:What do I need to look for in middle school?

[mei lan]

gog8tors, on 31 July 2011 - 11:08 PM, said:

Do they still have those? DS's class didn't have them last year or the year before that. :pardon:What do I need to look for in middle school?

Protractors. Make sure the point is sharp enough. But not too sharp...you could put an eye out with that thing.

[Greatma]

bored, on 31 July 2011 - 08:37 PM, said:

To the OP....I am glad to see that you are concerned about your childs needs.
Too many parents today are not.
A lot of people consider school as a free babysitter and they have no concern as to the conditions their children face while they are there.

Thanks, bur you know this is exactly how a lot of parents think, and we wonder why we don't make AYP.
Of course that has already been discussed in another thread. It is going to be 98 degrees Wed., I care
even if you don't. Just thought I would remind you that it might not be working.

[winston1972]

Don't forget to ensure that there will be an adequate supply of TP to last the year. or have you child bring their own...

[mysterious]

BMR, on 01 August 2011 - 07:40 AM, said:

Thanks, bur you know this is exactly how a lot of parents think, and we wonder why we don't make AYP.
Of course that has already been discussed in another thread. It is going to be 98 degrees Wed., I care
even if you don't. Just thought I would remind you that it might not be working.

Glad to see you care.

[gonefromhere]

I think I would be more interested to know if they had BOOKS for the kids to study and learn. Just a thought.

[mysterious]

gonefromhere, on 01 August 2011 - 08:25 AM, said:

I think I would be more interested to know if they had BOOKS for the kids to study and learn. Just a thought.

That too.

[2witty4u]

Mariposa, on 31 July 2011 - 08:26 PM, said:

You can check tomorrow afternoon/night at open house when you will be visiting their classrooms anyway.

They never have them on during open house, I don't understand why they have them off. It will be hot this evening, and it's ridiculous with the amount of people that's gonna be there, they don't have the decency to turn the air conditioners on. I have already told my husband he's going today, I almost passed out last year, it was so hot.

[markdavd]

gonefromhere, on 01 August 2011 - 08:25 AM, said:

I think I would be more interested to know if they had BOOKS for the kids to study and learn. Just a thought.

Sure, but they'll mostly be in electronic form.

Dead tree learning is so last century.

[Spunkywman]

The weather channel is saying 101 degrees on Wens.

[TwoKidCircus]

2witty4u, on 01 August 2011 - 08:59 AM, said:

They never have them on during open house, I don't understand why they have them off. It will be hot this evening, and it's ridiculous with the amount of people that's gonna be there, they don't have the decency to turn the air conditioners on. I have already told my husband he's going today, I almost passed out last year, it was so hot.

I can report that McGarity did have their air on.

[jenilyn]

Moses was much cooler today than last year. Although, last year I was lugging around a 10lb baby in my belly, so maybe i'm not the best judge of coolness.

[2witty4u]

TwoKidCircus, on 01 August 2011 - 06:01 PM, said:

I can report that McGarity did have their air on.

SPHS didnt and I only made it through half of the classes, my husband had to come rescue me, don't know why I even tried.

[mysterious]

2witty4u, on 01 August 2011 - 06:15 PM, said:

SPHS didnt and I only made it through half of the classes, my husband had to come rescue me, don't know why I even tried.

But yet people seem to think that the concern for the air is no big deal.
If you were miserable after just a few minutes imagine how the kids will be.

[2witty4u]

bored, on 01 August 2011 - 06:18 PM, said:

But yet people seem to think that the concern for the air is no big deal.
If you were miserable after just a few minutes imagine how the kids will be.

Well I hope they have the AC on while the students are there, but one of his teachers did say her room is this hot all the time, that's not good. But what can you do.

[gog8tors]

SPMS did.

[Greatma]

2witty4u, on 01 August 2011 - 06:25 PM, said:

Well I hope they have the AC on while the students are there, but one of his teachers did say her room is this hot all the time, that's not good. But what can you do.

You can call Devlin on ext.10175 at 770 443 8003. Tell her and then keep calling until it is fixed.

Joe Sixpack, on 31 July 2011 - 08:26 PM, said:

Let's not forget to check that the water is still working! Kids need water, right?
Toilets need to be on the list too ... </smartass remark>

I can't believe you are such a smarta??.

[workingforaliving]

A/C works in my room, but I really need a dehumidifier. My posters won't stay on the wall.

[Animal]

NC-17, on 31 July 2011 - 08:21 PM, said:

oh. ok. kind of like a field trip. where hundreds of parents show up and interrupt the classes. I get it.


perhaps a call to he office before the kids return to school would be a better suggestion? or maybe an email to your childs teacher, who's already working in the classroom?


yes. I took some time to think about it and answered my own question.

Hold on interrupt the class,sorry but if that AC isn't working it is already a interruption. How can students learn when there hot & sweating.

[dana]

Sure didn't feel like the air was working at EPMS , it was very hot.

[mysterious]

Animal, on 01 August 2011 - 08:11 PM, said:

Hold on interrupt the class,sorry but if that AC isn't working it is already a interruption. How can students learn when there hot & sweating.

BINGO...somebody gets the point.
And many kids have asthma attacks when the air isn't circulating.

[fishnthec]

I have never really understood why the AC and heat are controlled at central office. I guess I understand the theory behind in it, but in reality it doesn't always work. From what I understand it is set on a timer and at a certain temperature but sometimes there are before and after school activities and without heat and air are almost untolerable. (like open house for example) Room temps vary by location just as they do in your home too. I know there was a certain room that I was required to be in twice daily with a student that was very hot. The teacher complained to admin and put in work order after work order and county office continued to respond by saying that they temp was 74 degrees in that room. Finally the mother of the chld that I was with complained enough and to the right people and the county sento someone out to the room with a thermometer, to prove that they were right, only to find out that just because their computer said the room was 74 did not mean that the room was actually 74. It was really much hotter and it finally, after almost 2 years of complaining by teachers got repaired. However, there are many other rooms like that.

I wish that the teachers were treated as the adults that they are and given the ability to control the climate in their own environment. I suppose that is asking way too much though.

[jazzygirl]

Ha Ha HA!!! To all the parents who responded with a snide remark about protecting -- I subbed on the second day of school last year in Kindergarten -- the Fire Department was doing annual check-ups and had to shut down the playground....this is soooooo funny....turns out the temperature on the slide in early August was...get this.....ha ha ha....223 degrees!!! HYSTERICAL, right.

[heyjustme]

There was no air at SPHS tonight....just sayin

[mysterious]

jazzygirl, on 01 August 2011 - 08:40 PM, said:

Ha Ha HA!!! To all the parents who responded with a snide remark about protecting -- I subbed on the second day of school last year in Kindergarten -- the Fire Department was doing annual check-ups and had to shut down the playground....this is soooooo funny....turns out the temperature on the slide in early August was...get this.....ha ha ha....223 degrees!!! HYSTERICAL, right.

Not funny at all.
I am glad the fire dept. does that. Never would have thought about that danger.

[Orwell]

Dobbins did not have AC in their cafeteria tonight.

[Mariposa]

workingforaliving, on 01 August 2011 - 08:00 PM, said:

A/C works in my room, but I really need a dehumidifier. My posters won't stay on the wall.

And my hair won't stay flat. It is very distracting to the learning of students to have posters falling on their heads and teachers with white girl fros.

[Mariposa]

Animal, on 01 August 2011 - 08:11 PM, said:

Hold on interrupt the class,sorry but if that AC isn't working it is already a interruption. How can students learn when there hot & sweating.

Please don't interrupt a teacher's class or email teachers about the AC not working. Trust me, there is nothing teachers can personally do to fix the situation and if it is hot the room, they've already contacted the powers that be. Its not like we have control of the AC and are choosing to be hot.

This post has been edited by Mariposa: 01 August 2011 - 09:17 PM