Does your high school / did the high school you went to have air conditioning? (counselors, degrees)

[lhpartridge]

Mississippi, 1960-70s. Four rooms in the high school were added in 1976 that had air-conditioning. Most students had central air at home, although we didn't.

Temperatures here routinely reach the 90s from May to October. With near-100 temps in August coupled with 100% humidity, air-conditioning is a must if we are to start school before Labor Day.

[negativenancy]

Nope, no air conditioning in any of the rooms.

Students would know when it actually got warm out because the posters would slide off the walls. You could visibly see water running down the walls

[tgbwc]

NE Ohio, graduated in 1989. The school did not have AC.

[greenvillebuckeye]

Originally Posted by tvdxer

Yes, no, or only in some of the rooms.

Also, what year are you referring to, and where did you go to high school? I'd like to know exactly where high schools start to have air conditioning rather than just heating.

I went to school in northern Minnesota from '01 to '05, and our high school most assuredly did not have air conditioning. There were only a few days in which we really suffered.

graduated high school in Ohio in 1999. school i attended was built in 1955. school did NOT have AC. The Vocational wing of the school that was built in the 1970s DID have AC. I remember running guidance passes senior year to kids in the accounting classes up on the 3rd floor of the vocational wing, walking into the big classroom that looked like an a large office space and feeling the wall of AC hit me as i walked in haha. all the other classes you had to open windows. however the classrooms that faced in towards the courtyards were awful even with the windows open. you see the classes you wanted were the ones at the front of the school looking out where the wind would actually come in through the windows haha.

August and May were really only the 2 months when it was bad. probably more so May than any other part of the school year.

[stan4]

Yes. Texas. Class of 93.

Had heat, too.

[DewDropInn]

Originally Posted by robertpolyglot

I never remember there being AC. Being that it was in temperate Southern California, I don't think it was even necessary.

Only one building in my high school had AC. Which was fine until the Santa Anas hit and we sat there in little pools of our own sweat.

[jaynarie]

I graduated in 2001 and my high school did. It was built in the 70s and has always had air. The windows didn't open, so it was a necessity. Now, they have since replaced the windows and they can open them, but they are tiny (maybe 12 inches wide). My elementary and middle school did not have air.

[pandaundercover]

An average sized school in northern CA (north of Sac) from 1999-2003, yes, we had air conditioning. But it would've been pretty harsh if it didn't have any since the summers up there reach 110. And the winters reached 30.

[laulob]

Voted no -I went in the early 80's and the school was built in 1976.

On exceptionally hot days teachers would turn the lights out to keep it a little cooler in the classrooms.

[Gettingouttahere]

Yes, Cocoa, Fla. in 1977. Funny story: I moved from overseas and had three months of eighth grade when i arrived in the U.S. -- I took one look at the middle school (no a/c) and the high school (full central air) and chose to skip the rest of the grade. I was not given any kind of test, either. It's kind of amazing in today's climate (no pun intended).