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As students return to classrooms across much of the United States, a prolonged heat wave affecting roughly 97m people is forcing schools to take additional precautions to protect children from dangerous temperatures. With temperatures approaching 100 F and heat indexes potentially reaching 115 F in parts of the Southeast, some districts are keeping students indoors for recess when heat indexes reach certain levels, encouraging families to send children with bottled water, and canceling high school football activities. The conditions pose particular risks for student-athletes, with at least 58 players nationwide dying from exertional heat stroke between 1992 and 2024. Persistently high overnight temperatures are expected to provide little relief as schools navigate the extreme heat during the opening weeks of the academic year.
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California
As students return to classrooms across much of the United States, a prolonged heat wave affecting roughly 97m people is forcing schools to take additional precautions to protect children from dangerous temperatures. With temperatures approaching 100 F and heat indexes potentially reaching 115 F in parts of the Southeast, some districts are keeping students indoors for recess when heat indexes reach certain levels, encouraging families to send children with bottled water, and canceling high school football activities. The conditions pose particular risks for student-athletes, with at least 58 players nationwide dying from exertional heat stroke between 1992 and 2024. Persistently high overnight temperatures are expected to provide little relief as schools navigate the extreme heat during the opening weeks of the academic year.
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Texas
Texas schools are implementing new heat protections for student-athletes as fall sports begin amid temperatures that typically reach the mid-90s in August. Before outdoor activities, teams must now check the wet-bulb globe temperature, which measures air temperature, humidity, wind speed, and cloud cover, and use the reading to determine whether practices should be shortened or canceled. The requirement brings Texas in line with 17 other states and comes as approximately 9,000 student-athletes nationwide are treated for heat-related illnesses each year. Medical experts are also emphasizing gradual heat acclimatization, recognizing symptoms such as weakness, confusion, nausea, and dizziness, and improving access to athletic trainers, although only 37% of public high schools have a full-time trainer. The new Texas requirement applies to practices, but not game days.
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Florida
As students return to classrooms across much of the United States, a prolonged heat wave affecting roughly 97m people is forcing schools to take additional precautions to protect children from dangerous temperatures. With temperatures approaching 100 F and heat indexes potentially reaching 115 F in parts of the Southeast, some districts are keeping students indoors for recess when heat indexes reach certain levels, encouraging families to send children with bottled water, and canceling high school football activities. The conditions pose particular risks for student-athletes, with at least 58 players nationwide dying from exertional heat stroke between 1992 and 2024. Persistently high overnight temperatures are expected to provide little relief as schools navigate the extreme heat during the opening weeks of the academic year.
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