More than 50 schools in the School District of Philadelphia will dismiss early on Thursday, June 11, due to extreme heat.
Temperatures are expected to climb into the mid-90s the rest of the week, but the humidity will make it feel closer to 100 degrees. A heat advisory is in effect for much of the Delaware Valley from 11 a.m. Thursday through 8 p.m. Friday.
While the district has been working to upgrade air conditioning and cooling in its buildings, Deputy Superintendent of Operations Oz Hill said in a message to families Wednesday that “there are still a number of schools with inadequate cooling systems.”…