20% of Long Beach Unified School District schools are without air conditioning in every classroom, despite a $1.5 billion bond agreed upon by Long Beach voters in 2016 that would improve technology, safety and air conditioning systems in schools.
As sweltering heat continues to bake the Southland, some students have been forced to sit through class without any relief in Long Beach, due to aging campuses and lack of air conditioning.
"Sometimes she'll tell me she gets a headache at lunch or she doesn't feel good," said Rachee Tovias, the mother of a Patrick Henry Elementary School student, who has resorted to taking her daughter out of school for lunch so they can eat together inside of their air conditioned car."I don't want to take her out of school, but I can take her out just for a short time so she doesn't miss any of the education part.
"It's upsetting that we had an original date that was closer to get the air conditioner installed, and it got rescheduled and the date got pushed out further," Tovias said.
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