A Green New Deal for Public Schools is investment we need

A Green New Deal for Public Schools is investment we need

While the high in Minneapolis on this, the first Monday in October, is 88 degrees, Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) started the school year with 93-degree heat. A few degrees hotter and the district considered delaying the first day of school for the sites with insufficient air conditioning.  The climate emergency had staggering effects on students over the summer, too. When the gym, cafeteria and other parts of the school building at Armatage w…