Extreme Heat Protocol

Extreme Heat Protocol – this summer, Philadelphia has experienced record-breaking temperatures. If extreme heat occurs after school starts, we want you to know what to expect as we work to protect the health and well-being of everyone in our school buildings.
○ Our building engineers actively monitor the temperature inside each school building whenever outside temperatures are forecasted to reach 85°F or more, or when a heat index of 90°F or higher is projected.
Office of Communications

Suite 301 440 North Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19130
provides
contact information and resources to assist you with getting the help you need with your
child’s education, classroom and school. You can also access our multilingual hotlines
○  We are extra vigilant in school buildings (see list below) that currently have window-based air conditioning units instead of central air conditioning systems that can consistently regulate temperatures in instructional spaces.
○  If we expect temperatures inside the school building to reach 90°F or higher, we then work with the school leader to determine whether a temporary shift to virtual learning is necessary for everyone’s safety. Our goal is to make that decision as early as possible, preferably the day before, to minimize last-minute disruption for our students, families and staff.
○  Be sure to review this Keeping Kids Safe When Temperatures Soar resource for other helpful tips.

Until then, we will continue our progress to update

air conditioning systems in schools.

Thank you for choosing the School District of Philadelphia for your child’s educational needs. We look forward to seeing you on September 5th.
Our Operations Team continues to work diligently to make District-wide building improvements
that will support safe and comfortable learning environments in every school. We look forward
to sharing the Facilities Master Plan, which will be presented to the Board of Education in the
spring of 2023 and will highlight our overall plan to support great teaching and learning
environments for all of our students and staff.
The School District of Philadelphia Office of Communications

*Schools in Need of Air Conditioning and/or Electrical System Upgrades
AMY @ James Martin MS AMY Northwest MS Arthur, Chester A. ES Bache-Martin ES

Barton, Clara ES

Blaine, James G. ES Blankenburg, Rudolph ES Bregy, Amedee F. ES Brown, Henry A. ES Bryant, William C. ES
Franklin Learning Center HS

Furness, Horace HS

Gideon, Edward ES

Girard Academic Music Program HS

Girard, Stephen ES

Girls HS
Greenberg, Joseph ES Hamilton, Andrew ES Harding, Warren G. MS Harrington, Avery D. ES
Morris, Robert ES Morrison, Andrew J. ES Nebinger, George W. ES Olney ES

Overbrook Educational Center Annex ES

Overbrook ES Parkway West HS Patterson, John M. ES Penn Treaty HS Pennell, Joseph ES
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Building 21 HS
Casarez, Gloria ES Castor Gardens MS Catharine, Joseph W. ES Central HS

Childs, George W. ES Comegys, Benjamin B. ES Comly, Watson ES

Conwell Annex MS Cooke, Jay ES
Coppin, Fanny Jackson ES

Crossan, Kennedy C. ES Day, Anna B. ES Disston, Hamilton ES Dobson, James ES Dunbar, Paul L. ES Edmonds, Franklin S. ES Ellwood ES

Emlen, Eleanor C. ES Fell, D. Newlin ES Finletter, Thomas K. ES Fitler Academic Plus ES Fitzpatrick, A.L. ES

Fox Chase ES Franklin, Benjamin ES Franklin, Benjamin HS
Henry, Charles W. ES

Hill-Freedman World Academy MS

Holme, Thomas ES

Hopkinson, Francis ES

Houston, Henry H. ES

Howe, Julia W. ES

Jenks, Abram ES

Jenks Academy for Arts & Sciences ES

Kenderton ES
Key, Francis Scott ES Kirkbride, Eliza B. ES

Lamberton, Robert E. ES Lea, Henry C. ES Lingelbach, Anna L . ES Loesche, William H. ES Logan, James ES
Lowell, James R. ES Ludlow, James R. ES Marshall, John ES McCloskey, John F. ES McClure, Alexander K. ES McMichael, Morton ES Meredith, William M. ES Mifflin, Thomas ES Mitchell ES

Moore, J. Hampton ES
Pennypacker, Samuel ES Penrose ES
Rhawnhurst ES Roosevelt, Theodore ES Rowen, William ES Roxborough HS

Sayre, William HS Sharswood, George ES

Shawmont ES Sheppard, Issac A. ES

Science Leadership Academy @ Beeber HS

South Philadelphia HS Spring Garden ES Spruance, Gilbert ES Sullivan, James J. ES Taggart, John H. ES Tilden, William MS The U School HS Wagner, Gen. Louis MS Waring, Laura W. ES Washington, George HS Washington, Martha ES Welsh, John ES

Ziegler, William H. ES