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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Fifty-two Philadelphia schools will close early on Thursday, Sept. 3 due to heat.<\/p>\n
The School District of Philadelphia notified families and staff on Wednesday that in-person afterschool activities are canceled and students will be dismissed early.<\/p>\n
Early childhood programs located within the affected schools will also be dismissed early.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the district says that while significant progress has been made toward ensuring schools are adequately cooled, there are still several schools with inadequate cooling systems.<\/p>\n
Full List of 52 Affected Schools:<\/p>\n
-AMY Northwest<\/p>\n
-Bache-Martin*<\/p>\n
-Blaine, James*<\/p>\n
-Building 21<\/p>\n
-Catharine, Joseph*<\/p>\n
-Comegys, B.<\/p>\n
-Comly, Watson<\/p>\n
-Cooke, J.<\/p>\n
-Crossan, Kennedy<\/p>\n
-Disston, Hamilton**<\/p>\n
-Dunbar, Paul**<\/p>\n
-Emlen, Eleanor*<\/p>\n
-Fell, D Newlin<\/p>\n
-Fox Chase<\/p>\n
-Franklin, Ben HS<\/p>\n
-Girard, Stephen<\/p>\n
-Harding, Warren<\/p>\n
-Henry, Charles<\/p>\n
-Hill-Freedman<\/p>\n
-Hopkinson, Francis<\/p>\n
-Houston, Henry<\/p>\n
-Howe, Julia<\/p>\n
-Jenks, Abram<\/p>\n
-Jenks, John S<\/p>\n
-Lamberton*<\/p>\n
-Lingelbach, Anna<\/p>\n
-Loesche*<\/p>\n
-Ludlow, James<\/p>\n
-McCloskey, John<\/p>\n
-McClure, A.*(**)<\/p>\n
-McMichael, M.*<\/p>\n
-Mitchell, Weir<\/p>\n
-Moore, J. Hampton<\/p>\n
-MYA<\/p>\n
-Olney Elementary<\/p>\n
-Overbrook ES<\/p>\n
-Parkway West<\/p>\n
-Patterson, John*<\/p>\n
-Rhawnhurst*<\/p>\n
-Rowen, William<\/p>\n
-Roxborough HS<\/p>\n
-Sayre, William<\/p>\n
-Sharswood, George*<\/p>\n
-Sheppard, Issac<\/p>\n
-South Phila. HS*<\/p>\n
-Spring Garden<\/p>\n
-Spruance, Gilbert*<\/p>\n
-Sullivan, James<\/p>\n
-Tilden, William**<\/p>\n
-The U School<\/p>\n
-Wagner, Gen. Louis<\/p>\n
-Washington, Martha<\/p>\n
(*) Schools have PreK\/Head Start on-site.<\/p>\n
(**) Schools are ED\/EY schools<\/p>\n
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