Billions of Dollars Later, Some San Diego Unified Students Still Dealing with Hot Classrooms

Billions of Dollars Later, Some San Diego Unified Students Still Dealing with Hot Classrooms

Taxpayers have voted to give San Diego Unified School District $11.5 billion over the last 16 years with the express purpose of bringing working air conditioning to every classroom in the district. But nearly two decades in, and hundreds of millions of dollars later, some students are still dealing with dangerous heat. This summer, several San Diego Unified schools were hit hard by high temperatures. Hoover students complained last month that so…