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90 Philadelphia Public Schools Closing Early Friday Due To Heat
The district announced 90 schools will dismiss two hours early Friday due to temperatures forecasted for 90-plus degrees.
PHILADELPHIA — With extreme heat predicted in the Philadelphia region Friday, dozens of School District of Philadelphia schools are closing early Friday.
The district announced 90 schools will dismiss two hours early Friday due to temperatures forecasted for 90-plus degrees.
A full list of schools closing early is featured below.
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The district is encouraging families to keep their children hydrated and dressed in light-colored and lightweight clothing.
Sunscreen is also highly encouraged.
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"The District appreciates family and staff’s patience and flexibility as it navigates extreme heat conditions while working to provide every school with the updated air conditioning system it needs to support comfortable teaching and learning environments," the district said in its announcement.
Below are schools closing early Friday:
- AMY at James Martin
- AMY Northwest
- Arthur, Chester
- Bache - Martin
- Barton, Clara
- Blaine, James
- Blankenburg, Rudolph
- Bregy, Amadee
- Brown, Henry A.
- Bryant, William
- Building 21 @ Kinsey
- Casarez, Gloria
- Castor Gardens
- Catharine, Joseph
- Central HS
- Comegys, Benjamin
- Comly, Watson
- Cooke, Jay
- Crossan, Kennedy
- Day, Anna
- Disston, Hamilton
- Dunbar, Paul
- Emlen, Eleanor
- Fell, D Newlin
- Finletter, Thomas
- Fitler, Edwin
- Fitzpatrick, Aloysius
- Fox Chase
- Franklin, Ben HS
- Furness, Horace
- Gideon, Edward
- Girard Academic Music
- Girard, Stephen
- Girls HS
- Greenberg, Joseph
- Harding, Warren
- Harrington, Avery
- Henry, Charles
- Hill-Freedman
- Holme, Thomas
- Hopkinson, Francis
- Houston, Henry
- Howe, Julia
- Jenks, Abram
- Jenks, John S
- Kenderton
- Kirkbride, Elizabeth
- Lamberton, Robert
- Lingelbach, Anna
- Loesche, William
- Logan, James
- Lowell, James
- Ludlow, James
- Marshall, John
- McCloskey, John
- McClure, Alexander
- McMichael, Morton
- Meredith, William
- Mifflin, Thomas
- Mitchell, Weir
- Moore, J. Hampton
- Morris, Robert
- Morrison, Andrew
- Nebinger, George
- Olney Elementary
- Overbrook Ed. Ctr. Annex
- Overbrook Elementary
- Parkway West
- Patterson, John
- Penn Treaty
- Pennypacker, Samuel
- Rhawnhurst
- Roosevelt, Theodore
- Rowen, William
- Roxborough HS
- Sayre, William
- Sharswood, George
- Sheppard, Issac
- South Philadelphia HS
- Spring Garden
- Spruance, Gilbert
- Sullivan, James
- Taggart, John
- Tilden, William
- The U School
- Wagner, General Louis
- Waring, Laura
- Washington, George HS
- Washington, Martha
- Ziegler, William
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