Boston Public School officials say they've installed roughly 3,800 window AC units at nearly 80 schools over the last two years as part of a $7 million project to keep schools cool during the hotter months.
For the first time in its 146-year history, the Sumner Elementary School in Roslindale will begin the school year with air conditioning. The addition has already made a difference to teachers, many of whom are busy preparing and decorating their classrooms for Boston Public Schools' opening day on Thursday.
BPS is in the last stage of a $7 million effort boosted by COVID relief funding to cool classrooms in some of its oldest buildings. The project is part of a larger plan called the, aimed at improving the quality and sustainability of school facilities. According to a district spokesman, about half of BPS's 130 buildings were constructed before World War II.
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