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start to become unbearable, the students will be moved t the other locations, coming back for lunch and getting on the bus to go home.
• "Teachers will do what they can in the morning," Dalchow said. "Then move to the air conditioned areas."
• Only the office area of the elementary school is air conditioned and the school has tried everything to try to cool the rooms down at night to make the day bearable.
• "The problem has been in trying to cool the rooms down," Dalchow said. "Mike (Nehls, head custodian) has been coming in at 4 am and opening doors, windows and turning on fans to try and cool the building down. It's just not working. The temperature in some rooms is already in the high 80's when classes start."
• The high school is in a better position to handle the heat, as many of the rooms do have air conditioning, but not all.
• "We are looking at moving classes around," Groton Superintendent Joe Schwan said. "We want to take advantage of every air conditioned space we have. We're using the library, the lunch room and the court area of the arena to try and make the students and staff as comfortable as possible."
• Making sure the staff is comfortable is one of Schwan's main concerns.
• "While the students are able to move from classroom to classroom, with at least half the time in air conditioned rooms, the staff stay in their rooms," Schwan said. "I also worry about the sixth grade students, who spend most of their day within the same room."
• The school is also issuing water to the students to help combat the heat.
• "We are making sure water is available to everyone," Schwan said. "There are jugs of water available in the rooms and the students are drinking it."
• The extreme heat is expected to last through the week, and the schools will continue to do what they can to make students and staff comfortable while in school.

• - Char Telkamp