Just 42 isle classrooms of planned 1,000 have AC

The state Department of Education has solicited air-conditioning bids for more than 800 classrooms under the governor’s ambitious goal of cooling 1,000 classrooms by year-end, but only about 40 classrooms so far have been cooled.
The department says 42 classrooms statewide have been air-conditioned, and contracts for another 25 classrooms have been awarded, according to a progress report scheduled to be presented today to the Board of Education. Cooling projects covering 832 classrooms are