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Parents scramble to adjust as Philly schools dismiss early due to heat as district plans year-round school

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SPRING GARDEN - Friday’s extreme heat caused a long list of schools in the School District of Philadelphia to dismiss early, leaving parents to make last-minute changes to schedules.The perfect day for the splash pad at Roberto Clemente Park, in Spring Garden, but not inside an aging school in Philadelphia that doesn’t have enough air conditioning.Parents with students at Laura W.

Waring School wish the district gave them more heads up than 24 hours."I had a couple of things to do, but I had to pick her up," parent Julie Corchado said. "At least two days.

The weather is there for like a week, so they should at least let us know at least two days, because first they put early dismissal for 12:30 and now 1:30."\Jonathan spent the afternoon with his grandmother because his school is one of the nearly 100 that dismissed two hours early out of an abundance of caution to prevent heat-related illnesses."It’s not as complicated as other parents because they have me here, so I can pick him up if something like that happens or whatever.

But, for other parents, I’m sure it’s not that easy," remarked grandparent Trina DiVeterano.RELATED COVERAGE: Nearly 100 Philadelphia schools to dismiss early Friday due to excessive heatSome parents chose to keep their kids out of school the entire day.

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