Going back to school early has a cost: enduring the heat

Fifth-grader Gisele Gonzalez, 9, brings a jacket to her Anaheim school even when the mercury reaches 90 – her remedy for an overpowering, centralized air-conditioning system that leaves her shivering.
Students in some nearby Garden Grove Unified schools aren’t so lucky – noisy fans, shade trees and cooling centers are the only reprieves for classes during unforgiving summer months.
Maintenance workers in Los Angeles and the Inland Empire treat broken air conditioners like