The start of the Bowling Green City School year has been postponed due to the hot forecast for the rest of this week.
Superintendent Francis Scruci sent the following message out to parents, guardians and staff on Monday evening:
“After looking at every possible weather forecast for the beginning of the school year, it looks like Mother Nature is not on our side. With temperatures reaching the low 90s and the heat index predicted to exceed 100 degrees, I am saddened to announce that we will be not starting the 2021-22 school year in any building on Wednesday, August 25, 2021 but rather will begin the school year on Monday, August 30, 2021.
“Classrooms that we monitored today were in the mid 90s with no students or staff in the buildings. Our goal is to get students back in the building but with these extreme temperatures it would be counter-productive.
“This has not been an easy decision and certainly has been a focus for the past several days. I truly believe this is in the best interest of our student’s health and safety. I continued to hold out hope that the forecasts would change but to no avail, thus making this decision necessary.”
Three of the district’s school buildings – the high school, Conneaut Elementary and Kenwood Elementary – do not have air conditioning.
The board of education has approved the installation of air conditioning in those three buildings, but it will not be completed until next spring.
