BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Bowling Green City Schools students will get to hold onto summer just a little bit longer.
That's because school will now start on Monday, Aug. 30, and not Wednesday, Aug. 25, as previously planned, due to the hot temperatures forecasted for this week according to Superintendent Francis Scruci.
In an email sent out to parents on Monday, Scruci said classrooms were monitored and found to be in the mid-90s with no students or staff in the building.
Our First Alert Weather Team is reporting extreme heat and humidity for the week, with temperatures in the low 90s until the weekend.
"Our goal is to get students back in the building, but with these extreme temperatures it would be counter-productive," Scruci said in the email.
Bowling Green Middle School and Crim Elementary are the only BG City School buildings that have air conditioning, according to the Sentinel-Tribune.
"This has not been an easy decision and certainly has been a focus for the past several days," Scruci's email continues. "I truly believe this is in the best interest of our student's health and safety. I continued to hold out hope that the forecasts would change but to no avail, thus making this decision necessary."
All three elementary buildings will still have the optional Supply Drop-off event Tuesday from 4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. for students whose last names start with A-L, and from 5:15 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. for students whose last names start with M through Z. All children under 12 are advised to wear a mask.
Kindergarten and preschool assessments will also still take place as scheduled.
See the full email from Superintendent Scruci below:
We talked to a mom of 3 Bowling Green City School students and she said feels the superintendent made the best choice thinking about the safety of the students.
"It's unfortunate, but he can't control the weather, we can't control the weather and so, no one in their right mind would want to sit in those classrooms with a mask on," she said. "I mean, the heat is incredible right now."