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Bluebag Media
Heat is no problem
for Woodland students
GREENVILLE – “Kids deal with these things better than adults,” said
Woodland Heights Assistant Principal Jennifer Statzer. Principal Jody
Harter agreed. “Those kids are resilient. Doesn’t phase them.”
Darke County has had 90-plus degree weather since the end of August.
Sept. 8 was Day 4 of the new Greenville City School year. “The teachers
take a lot of water breaks… kids have water bottles,” Harter said. Some
rooms have air conditioning; the rest have fans. Statzer noted some
teachers give their kids popsicles.
It was mid-afternoon and at one end of the building a number of
teachers were taking their classes to restroom and water breaks. Mrs.
Ernst’s kindergarten class was heading back to the classroom after its
break while Mrs. Ruhenkamp’s first grade was heading out for one. Miss
Hiatt’s kindergarten class was right behind. The children stood in line
for the water fountains and to fill water bottles.
Students still get their recesses with only one change. “This year the
main recess is before lunch instead of after,” Statzer said. “It gives
kids a chance to come in and cool down before heading to the
cafeteria.” Teachers will often turn off the lights and have students
put their heads down to rest when they come in from outside, she added.
“There have been no heat related issues,” she said...
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