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Schools Without AC Closed on Friday in Baltimore County
Heat will close the 36 Baltimore County Public Schools without air-conditioning for the second consecutive day.
BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD — For the second day in a row, schools without air-conditioning in Baltimore County will be closed.
"Due to the forecast, all BCPS non air-conditioned schools will be closed Friday, September 9," Baltimore County Public Schools announced Thursday, when the 36 schools without air-conditioning were also closed.
Classes and after-school activities will be canceled at the non air-conditioned schools on Friday.
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The Baltimore County Board of Education voted last month to close schools without air-conditioning if the temperature was to reach 90 degrees on the heat index by 11 a.m.
Friday's forecast calls for a temperature of 92 degrees on the heat index by 11 a.m., rising to 98 degrees between 2 and 3 p.m. in Towson, according to the National Weather Service.
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This is the fourth day that Baltimore County students in un-air-conditioned schools will have missed due to heat; their schools were also closed Thursday, Sept. 8; Monday, Aug. 29; and Friday, Aug. 26.
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