These are the 63 Philly schools still without air-conditioning in 2024
School district officials have said they won’t be able to fully cool all district schools until 2027.

About 28% of Philadelphia district schools — 63 buildings — do not have adequate air conditioning, as of the start of the 2024-25 academic year.
School district officials have said they won’t be able to fully cool all district schools until 2027. The average district building is nearly 75 years old, and many don’t have adequate electrical service to support whole-school air conditioning.
Here is a complete list of the schools without air-conditioning, as of August:
Alex Williams, New York Times
Ed White and Sophie Bates, Associated Press
Michael Birnbaum and Cate Cadell, Washington Post
Jocelyn Noveck, Associated Press
Francesca Ebel, Washington Post
Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times
Adam Rasgon, Mark Mazzetti, and Ronen Bergman, New York Times
Ephrat Livni, New York Times
Cara Anna and Aamer Madhani, Associated Press
Jazmine Ulloa, Miriam Jordan, Luis Ferré-Sadurní, and David Ovalle, New York Times
Nicole Winfield, Sylvie Corbet, and John Leicester, Associated Press
Dear Abby, Inquirer wire services
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