Stupid Question - but do you consider air-conditioning in a school to be important??
Seems ridiculous to ask but just curious. I'm planning on sending him to the local primary school which doesn't have air-con where the one in the next suburb does, it also rated better in the myschool business.
I think it depends on where you are? If you are out where you get 45 degree summers, where I grew up I do think air con is necessary, but here where the summers only get in the 30's I personally think fans are sufficient.
But then I grew up in that heat & my body is adjusted differently to those who haven't. My DD's school has air con, but we live without here at home, as we haven't felt the need
They may have made that decision due to the allergy reactions that air con can cause as well I guess?
Btw - is it a public school? If so, you might find that you are zoned & won't have a choice where you send your child. If you want to choose a different school you will need to discuss this with the schools & apply to the other one & hope they accept.
In some places yes, it is essential, but most schools in Oz are off during the majority of summer so no worries.
I would 'prefer' my child to have aircon on the hot days.
Each to their own I guess.
The hottest month down here in Vic often seems to be February though... here we are late April and we are having 20'C MINIMUM overnight temps... it was 29.4'C here yesterday. Climate change is scary. I think every public school really needs to look at generating some of their own energy with solar panels so that a/c can be provided.
We went to primary school without - hell even my High School (private grammar school) still didn't have air cn through most of the school! lol
We survived perfectly, yes it was hot sometimes...but honestly it was fine.
That was in Melbourne
We don't have air con at home and now we live in Perth! I would think though that if I were sending Charlotte to school HERE then yes, Air Con would be important - it was 30 last week and that is almost winter lol It is not uncommon for 35+ degree days in October so, ys it would be more of a consideration.
But in Melbourne, whether her school has air con or not will not a priority at all.
And they are probably much healthier NOT having air con
I was thinking about this the other day. While heaps of homes don't have aircon and get by I'd hate to be sitting in a stinking hot environment and be expected to concentrate and above that learn. So I think aircon will be important when we decided where to send our kids to school. I also don't think it's great to be in aircon all the time but at school kids are outside enough, they have a morning & afternoon tea break and lunch time in primary school anyway, I don't know what they do in high school these days but by then immune systems should be pretty good and getting colds may not be such a problem?
ESSENTIAL!!! We're out in the Penrith region - and DD goes to an independant school where every classroom has air con. If kids are too hot and bothered, they dont wanna learn!
We haven't had an issue with the air con being too cold/warm, as the kids are kept inside if its too hot/cold outside.
I have my air con on in the car when its 28 why should my DD have to suffer in the heat/cold at school?
IMO air conditioning is a luxury not a necessity and I wouldn't put it up there in importance with what the teachers are like etc. but then.. I don't know.. I guess it's a more comfortable learning environment with air conditioning.
We all survived without air conditioning tho do they get sent home if it's over 40 degrees? haha
Liz...presuming it won't be a Penrith school, then! 40 degrees in a hot box in Penrith is horrible! I worked in a place with no ac for 7 yrs and it was horrible esp having customers ask to have the ac on!
I went to school in Winmalee with no ac from yr 2 - yr 10...no dramas!
IMO - I think the rep of the school, teachers etc are more important. i think kids these days need to toughen up.
my son is a child who thinks its boiling at 20 degrees and sweats just thinking of exercise.
so for his comfort and ability to learn as he can concentrate better yes aircon was a decider in teh school we chose.
i knwo it is a luxury.
but we decided if he was able to be comfortable in class eh may pay attention more as he is concerned about sitting there dripping in sweat.
Hmm, some food for thought there! We live in Sydney and while it isn't excruciatingly hot it does feel warm in the class room. I noticed it on their open day. I teach at a high school without an aircon further out west and it doesn't really make a difference. Only last period after lunch the kids feel the heat and by then most of them aren't paying attention anyway. I think next year I will look at both schools again, but it is hard to go past the convenience of being able to walk your kid to school and being near grandparents for emergencies. What do you all think? I also want to make friends for myself and my son in our local suburb, this seems very important to me too....Gee it is complicated!
Definitely depends on the area. Up here, no air con for the kids, especially in the middle of summer, would be torture for them! But like ~clover~ said, if your summers only get in the 30's and not high humidity, then you probably don't need it.
YES!!!
i went through primary and high school with no airconditioning and it was awful, those portables heat up like its no bodies business! and with 20 plus kids in 1, its so hard to stay focused all u can think about is getting out of there, filling up ur water bottle and tipping it over yourself.
of course the staff rooms had air con, we didnt get squat!
I am studying at the moment and the classrooms we are in are not airconditioned and i can tell you now that i abxolutely see it as a neccessity - NONE of us - including the teachers can concentrate when it is hot! Whilst i am in melb and it is only revoltingly hot a little of the year it is just not good for the brain to try to learn whilst it is so busy trying to cool the body down!
We are in North Qld and growing up we didn't have it at school and I don't have any bad memories..
Although it gets quite humid here, we rarely get in to the high 30's or to 40.
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Stupid Question - but do you consider air-conditioning in a school to be important??
why should my DD have to suffer in the heat/cold at school?
do they get sent home if it's over 40 degrees? haha
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