Some teachers in Surrey are raising health and safety concerns about teaching children and teens in hot classrooms as the province experiences a heat wave.
Unseasonable temperatures in May have sparked calls for better planning for events related to climate change in the district’s aging schools and portables.
Classroom conditions uncomfortable, say parents and teachers
Surrey parent Athena Adam is worried the heat is making it hard for her daughter to learn.
“My oldest one in high school says she can’t concentrate … and she doesn’t know what to do because it is really hot,” Adam said.
As the mid-May heat wave hits Western Canada with temperatures in the low 30s in many places
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