Do people at your school complain about how hot it is in their school, or in their class? Well if so, then please read this petition. I am a 10th grade student at Easton, and today at school, our principal announced that girls, and boys, need to cover themselves up. He said girls cannot be wearing the shorts or dresses that we wear, or even tank tops. I understand students need to follow a certain dress code, but if a school cannot provide air conditioning when it is 90 degrees out, what do they expect students to wear? This is what I propose, I believe it needs to be a requirement that schools provide air conditioning for really hot days. People pay school taxes, but where does that money go? It is mostly spent on unnecessary items, but why is it not spent on useful items, such as air conditioning? If a student is told they cannot wear certain clothing, then maybe the school should do something about it so we can actually wear clothes that "aren't against the dress code." I like to be comfortable in school, and if I can't wear shorts in a school that is not air conditioned, then there is a problem. Currently, in the class I am in right now, it is about 88 degrees. In a classroom, it is 88 degrees. How are students supposed to stay awake and participate to their full function? It is absolutely impossible. I am a student that is in fully involved in school and the work that comes along with it, and I can barely ever participate in class because it is so hot. I ended up falling asleep in a class because of the temperature, as well as several other students. It is absolutely ridiculous that students who actually want to be at school and learn, cannot even function to their fullest ability! Some teachers buy fans for their classrooms, with their own money. Should teachers really be wasting their money on a fan for a school that should be already air conditioned? The Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reports about 175 Americans die from heat-related conditions in a normal year ("Do You Have..."). Although students obviously will not die in a school of heat, it is still a risk that needs to be taken seriously. Health risks do arise in the event of extreme heat. Students and their health need to be taken seriously, schools really need to supply cool air to their students that they are responsible for because we are under their roof. Also after some more research, I came across that, "The Child Care Regulations Section 101239 requires a temperature between 68-85 degrees F for air temperatures in Child Care Classrooms" (Director of...). This shows that our classroom temperatures are against regulations, and something needs to be done. All in all, schools need air conditioning, and I can not say it more simply than that, and I can not stress it enough. It is quite ridiculous that this even needs to be a topic that is talked about. If our school had air conditioning, than the students would obviously dress more appropriately, but how can we if it is 90 degrees outside, and 88 on the inside? This needs to definitely be taken into consideration, and hopefully something about this is done soon. Works Cited "Do You Have a Right to Air Conditioning?" Is Air Conditioning a Right? Furnace Compare, n.d. Web. 26 May 2016. Director of Loss Control. Wilmes LLC, 25 Oct. 2010. Web. 27 May 2016.