How do Valley schools, teachers handle the heat? [Video]

Schools across the Valley are back in session and with 100 degree plus days, teachers have to be savvy to keep their students safe at school.

PHOENIX — Students across the Valley are returning to the classroom, and Arizona students have no choice but to deal with Arizona’s extreme heat.

Chandler Unified School District is one of the first in our area to return to school in July which means they know they must prepare for the heat.

The district said they follow the Arizona Department of Health Services Heat Index Guidelines.

“We check the temperature for the day, and then look at the relative humidity. And there’s a guideline that tells us like, you know, the different levels of how long it’s safe to be outside and precautions to take for the kids, if they are going to be outside for any length of time,” said Director of Health Service Lyndsay Hartley.

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