LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) -A CCSD teacher is pushed to their breaking point as they explain persistent air conditioning issues have caused hot classrooms.
Parents, teachers, and students have talked a lot about air conditioning problems within CCSD schools this year, but many have remained anonymous due to fear of retaliation.
Meanwhile, there’s another group that’s been vocal about the problem and finding solutions.
On Monday, the CCSD Bond Oversight Committee again discussed problems with heating and cooling equipment at CCSD schools and asked CCSD for a report on what’s been happening.
Brandon McLaughlin, with CCSD, discussed a list of schools. He explained for some schools, the cost of repairing equipment would be more costly than replacing it.
McLaughlin also said the district has worked hard to service school equipment that is well beyond its useful life.
In response to a question from a Bond Oversight Committee member about how it can help the district with the problem, McLaughlin explained members should make recommendations to the Board of Trustees about priorities and allocations when it comes to heating and cooling equipment.
Discussion also turned to the impacts being felt within CCSD schools.
“yet we have classrooms that have excessive heat in there and we have, I have a kindergarten teacher, she wants to remain anonymously, but she’s thinking about quitting because her classroom is too hot. These are things. I encourage everybody to go into the parent links on Facebook and have these conversations,” said Camejo.
He added, “I continue to get the families and then teachers to reach out and they’re actually, they’re afraid of retaliation from the district. So, they don’t want to say exactly what school. But I spoke with a teacher and for safety concerns, classrooms were over, almost 90 degrees in one of the classrooms.”
FOX5 reached out to CCSD about Camejo’s comment but hasn’t heard back.
FOX5 filed two public records requests with CCSD more than a month ago, asking for a list of CCSD schools and facilities that have experienced air conditioning problems this year and last year. We have also requested documentation of classroom temperature readings above 85 degrees. So far, the district has not filled those records requests.
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