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Did you have air conditioning at school from K-12?
March 12, 2026, 02:55 PM
GT-40DOCDid you have air conditioning at school from K-12?
Nope No A/C grade 1-12.
March 12, 2026, 04:00 PM
uvahawkNo air conditioning while I was attending high school up to graduation in 1966. College classrooms and dorms were not air conditioned either: 1966-1970. In researching this topic, I found that my old school district in Delaware is focused on the issue of climate change in air conditioning public schools--what a surprise!
March 12, 2026, 04:06 PM
HRKwe still had dirt floors and wooden shutters, no ac, and walked to school uphill, both ways, in the snow, without shoes....

March 12, 2026, 04:53 PM
bertoWe had windows.
March 12, 2026, 04:54 PM
LS1 GTOquote:
Originally posted by HRK:
we still had dirt floors and wooden shutters, no ac, and walked to school uphill, both ways, in the snow, without shoes....
Lucky.
At least you had shutters
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March 12, 2026, 06:03 PM
Roady toadyGraduated in 73. Never any ac. My dad finally got ac in a 69 Chevy Caprice when i was.in.high school. He would set in the car when it got to hot! Still dont have central air, just a couple portables.Better than.nothing
March 12, 2026, 06:37 PM
SilentK-12 No
College nope
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March 12, 2026, 06:41 PM
p113565K-4, no AC, Catholic school. Kids in lower grades were allowed to wear shorts.
Grades 5-8 had AC so no shorts.
Catholic, all boy, military (ROTC) based high school we had AC so full uniforms including ties and blazers.
I survived Catholic School!
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March 12, 2026, 06:43 PM
chbibcNope
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March 12, 2026, 07:43 PM
sig operator11-12 Had a few classes in the new building with a/c, finished 1967
No for the rest of the school time and no for home time either. This was in Georgia.
March 12, 2026, 09:07 PM
wrightdNope, not during Elementary school in Florida. I guess it could have been worse, like New Orleans or Easley SC, two of the HOTTEST places I've ever been in the hottest part of summertime.
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SchmelbyNope, K-12. Graduated in 78. I think we were the last house in the neighborhood to get central A/C. And the last house to get color TV. Didn't think much of it as a kid, outside all the time!
March 12, 2026, 09:23 PM
lymanK-2nd, don't think so, tho K and 1st were in a new wing (looked like a big saucer) and may have,
2nd grade was in the old part of the school, got hot, and the big windows went up,
no screens,
3rd thru 8th at a private school (blame bussing) in a church,
do recall heat, don't recall AC,
after that, last 4 yrs in a public high school, that did have AC/Heat, it was new, opened in 75, I graduated in 81
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March 12, 2026, 10:10 PM
RightwireAC, absolutely not. I don't think it was even a thought. Most of the school year it was cold. It would only get hot really a month or so at the beginning and end of the year.
I remember a few class rooms that would get so warm in the winter it was common to have windows cracked open.
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ArtieSK through Batchelor's - No. New England.
Law School in Boston, yes. Was in a modern (ish) tower. The second ugliest building in Boston only just behind Boston City Hall. Brutalist concrete of the worst kind.
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March 12, 2026, 10:46 PM
goose51 - 5 no. 6 - 8 yes. 9 - 12 no.
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March 12, 2026, 11:15 PM
sigspecopsI graduated high school in 86, and I never went a single semester without a/c. I went to school in Texas and I can’t imagine how miserable it would’ve been without some cool air.
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March 13, 2026, 04:29 AM
r0gueK - 8 is a No, I believe 9 - 12 had AC (likely installed in the 1970s), though it was not very effective if it did.
March 13, 2026, 08:53 AM
mrvmaxquote:
Originally posted by HRK:
we still had dirt floors and wooden shutters, no ac, and walked to school uphill, both ways, in the snow, without shoes....
Well, we had to use our playground time to fight off the Indians…………
March 13, 2026, 11:16 AM
sig sailorI went to school in the UP of Michigan. We did not have school in the summer, so no AC was not needed.
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