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Higher temperatures are raising concerns in western Washington classrooms.
A lack of air conditioning and record springtime heat saw temperatures skyrocket at some schools over the past several days.
"We started getting flooded with messages from educators that their classrooms, even in the morning were already - like at 9 a.m. - in the 70s,” said Shannon McCann, president of the Federal Way Education Association.
By Monday afternoon, teachers reported 81 degrees in one classroom, 84 in another, and one room reaching 96 degrees, according to McCann.
Read more: https://www.king5.com/article/news/education/teachers-concerns-of-air-conditioning-classroom-hot-weather/281-2611e6ae-5409-47e6-a10c-35c49472d68a