Does your school have enough heat in the winter? Mine is always freezing! Not looking forward to going back to the ice box!

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Depends on your heating system, but a trick I used in the past was to moisten a paper towel (no chance of water dripping), fold it into a thin strip, and loosely lay it over the top of the classroom thermostat. As the moisture evaporated it cooled the thermostat, and bingo, heat appeared. In my old classroom the trick worked well; in my newly constructed room with a different HVAC system it did not work. Cold kids are tough to teach. Gotta do what you gotta do....😃

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At my last school, each classroom had one small space heater. We wore our coats and gloves in the classroom. Most teachers in the building spent their own money and bought a couple more space heaters to help warm their classrooms. Thank goodness for a mild winter last couple of years. I now have moved to a different school and central hear and air are wonderful.

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I control it in my room. My kids are never cold. They still wear shorts and t-shirt daily.

My classroom is like a sauna in the winter 😭

I usually am too, but once they turn the heat on I am always sweating

My room is either freezing or boiling. If wind is coming against my windows no amount of heat will help. The kids shake their heads at how my blinds whip back and forth against closed windows... Nothing can be done about that. My desk sits next to the windows and directly under an outside air duct. So I always have air blowing on me. Even a space heater isn't enough. No way I can change where my desk is, either, due to my room set up. In the warmer months the outside air exchange is blowing hot, humid air on me. So I have a fan going at all times. No a/c in my school.

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