Today's letters: Students taking the heat, death penalty debates

The school year is not getting hotter
Re: Students swelter as heat wave highlights lack of classroom air conditioning, Sept. 5.
I agree that students should not suffer from lack of air conditioning in schools, but data from Environment Canada indicate that this is not a problem in Ottawa.
Since 2008, Ottawa has averaged 1.4 days per year that were 30 degrees or above in September. This year there have been two such days, and one of those was not a school day.‎ There is no indication the aver