Suburban school district delays first day of classes due to extreme heat
DUPAGE COUNTY – A suburban school district has postponed its first day of classes due to the dangerous heat expected to plague the Chicago area this week.
On Monday, Supt. Dr. Kevin Russell of Downers Grove Grade School District 58 announced that classes on Wednesday would be delayed until Friday because of “extreme heat conditions in our area.”
He said that most of the district’s schools are not equipped with air conditioning or modern HVAC equipment.
Furthermore, Russell said remote learning is not possible because students have not yet received their electronic devices nor do they know how to use them, and also that the first days of school are for building relationships and routines and that remote learning “is not conducive to that.”
Classes on Friday will begin at their normal time, Russell said.
