More than 50 Philadelphia public schools will go virtual on Friday because of excessive heat, the school district says.<\/p>\n
The School District of Philadelphia says 52 schools will shift to virtual learning Friday because a number of schools lack adequate air conditioning.<\/p>\n
“While the district has made significant progress toward ensuring our schools are adequately cooled in order to provide safe and comfortable learning environments, there are still a number of schools with inadequate cooling systems,” Oz Hill, the deputy superintendent of operations for the school district, wrote in a letter to the community.<\/p>\n
The district says students were sent home Thursday with Chromebooks and early childhood programs will also transition to virtual learning Friday. After-school activities at the schools moving to virtual learning will be canceled.<\/p>\n
The NEXT Weather team says a four-day heat wave<\/a> began in the Philadelphia region Thursday and temperatures are forecasted to be in the mid-90s Friday.<\/p>\n Here is the list of 52 schools going virtual Friday:<\/p>\n AMY NorthwestBache-MartinBlaine, JamesBuilding 21Catharine, JosephComegys, B.Comly, WatsonCooke, J.Crossan, KennedyDisston, HamiltonDunbar, PaulEmlen, EleanorFell, D NewlinFox ChaseFranklin, Ben HSGirard, StephenHarding, WarrenHenry, CharlesHill-FreedmanHopkinson, FrancisHouston, HenryHowe, JuliaJenks, AbramJenks, John SLamberton*Lingelbach, AnnaLoesche*Ludlow, JamesMcCloskey, JohnMcClure, A.McMichael, M.Mitchell, WeirMoore, J. HamptonMYAOlney ElementaryOverbrook ESParkway WestPatterson, JohnRhawnhurst*Rowen, WilliamRoxborough HSSayre, WilliamSharswood, GeorgeSheppard, IssacSouth Phila. HSSpring GardenSpruance, GilbertSullivan, JamesTilden, WilliamThe U SchoolWagner, Gen. LouisWashington, Martha<\/p>\n The school district has more information about field trips and other information<\/a> regarding Friday’s school day online.<\/p>\n \n More from CBS News\n <\/p>\n