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In reply to the discussion: CDC says three feet between students is enough [View all]BumRushDaShow
(167,570 posts)have poor ventilation and they are now 50+ years older than when I went to them. The "creaks and crevices" are irrelevant when the air flow is uncontrolled and erratic, with whole classrooms or even wings of the buildings that lack heat (or have too much) from day to day.
The newer schools (and one of my youngest nieces in the 'burbs has now had 2 BRAND NEW schools built in her school district (elementary schools) in her 15 year lifetime) at least have a functional HVAC system, with heat and air-conditioning.
There's no AC in the old piece of junk buildings either except for when they were forced to put window units in after an idiotic attempt to open the schools at the end of August a few years ago and got hit with a fucking heatwave, forcing them into having half days that whole week, which made the "early" opening a waste when the classrooms hit 90+ degrees inside.
They finally started getting with the program and have at least started putting air purifiers (I am assuming HEPA) in the classrooms for the children they have started phasing in so far. They don't even really need the high-end ones since you would already have the other mitigation factors (masks, shields around desks, distancing).