LTHS South Campus About To Get Cooler

WESTERN SPRINGS, IL – Like many schools in the Midwest, portions of both campuses of Lyons Township High School have no air conditioning.

South Campus, though, is expected to see a lot more cool air soon.

Next week, the school expects to have air conditioning in 64 more classrooms in South Campus' B and C wings, Brian Stachacz, the school's director of business services, told Patch in an email Tuesday.

That improvement is the result of $4.3 million in work over the summer, he said.

School starts Monday.

During a heat wave last August, the school struggled, moving as many students as possible into air-conditioned areas of campuses. One day, students were let out early.

At the time, a school spokeswoman said about half of North Campus, which serves juniors and seniors, was air-conditioned. After the improvements, 56 percent of South's classrooms will be air-conditioned, the school said.

Neighboring Hinsdale Central and South are mostly air-conditioned. The exceptions are the field house and main gym at both schools. At Central, the hallways are also without air conditioning.