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Italy's Schools Push to Delay Start of Term Amid Heatwave

Summary by The Local - It
The school year opens this week in many parts of Italy, but teachers and councils in some southern regions say the heat remains too intense for a return to the classroom.

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"Sindaco, in Cagliari it is too hot: issue an order to postpone the return to school" #CaraUnione - L'Unione Sarda.it

The beginning of the school in Italy arrives in the middle of a new wave of heat, while more than 90% of the school buildings do not have air conditioners... The article School at the start with the heat: 9 buildings out of 10 without air conditioners, would serve a billion comes from Bigodino.

Monday, September 7th, the beginning of the lessons for the students of Bolzano. To follow the return, staggered, throughout Italy. From doctors to mayors there are those who ask that, because of the heat in the buildings, the openings be postponed. On the other side the request for a change of the school calendar in order to eliminate the long summer break. On the whole problem of school building

The return to class with yet another wave of heat. The Italian society of environmental medicine proposes to postpone the opening. The measure of the late and insufficient ministry: the overheating is a structural phenomenon, needs a project to adapt the buildings

·Rome, Italy
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Only 11 percent of Italian schools have air conditioning, and in some regions there is none at all. Moreover, where there is air conditioning, it is often only in the principal's office or the secretariat. Meanwhile, temperatures are still around 35-40 degrees in several regions, which is why the teachers' union is calling for the start of the school year to be postponed in places where the heat does not subside.

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