The cafeteria at Jackson Middle School also serves as a classroom in the morning, before lunch is served. The teacher for that class says that helps beat the heat...a little.

"The classes I'm teaching, I'm doing a lot of activities," says teacher Cindy Turley. "But on these hot days, it really gets warm.
Central air would make it much more comfortable."

But if any classrooms in this building have air conditioning, it's from window units. In Marietta City Schools, there's no air conditioned buildings at all.

"Students these days are used to air conditioning in movies, homes, cars," says Jackson Principal Richard Summers. "They're not used to this. But I don't think it's affecting learning, and the students haven't complained to me."

For rooms where they're not fortunate enough to have central air or even room units, this portable fan is about the closest thing you're going to find to "cool" in any school classroom.

Marietta's Superintendent says his system is also perservering...and has no plans to cancel classes.

"If we got up into the 100's, it would be a possibility," says Superintendent Herb Young. "Right now, with the heat we have, we're managing it pretty well. In some schools, we can crack some windows overnight, when its cool, and circulate it with fans during the day."

Just to make it clear, no school system in our area plans to cancel classes.

Superintendent Young says Marietta is working with Ohio officials on a future plan for new school buildings...which would include central air.