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May 24, 2024 | detroitnews.com | Anna Phillips |Veronica Penney

Anna Phillips, Veronica Penney |  Washington PostSchools that never needed AC are now overheating. Fixes will cost billions. Nearly 40 percent of schools in the United States were built before the 1970s, when temperatures were cooler and fewer buildings needed air conditioning. That has changed. In recent decades, heat has crept northward, increasing the number of school days with temperatures above 80 degrees Fahrenheit.