— Four elementary school classrooms have been without heat since Monday, prompting one teacher to ask parents to send their children to school with blankets.

A letter from that teacher sent home with students was met with disapproval by Guthrie Public Schools Superintendent Mike Simpson, who said about 100 children at Fogarty Elementary School are using the auditorium, the library and a computer lab until their classrooms can be properly heated.

“We’re going to put them in a space where learning can go on,” Simpson said Wednesday.

Simpson said the teacher was not authorized to distribute the letter, which made its way onto an Internet message board Tuesday.