Another School Will Have Air Conditioning Next Year

It’s hard for children to learn when they are hot, sweaty, and uncomfortable in all of their classrooms. This is why many school districts throughout the country are updating or at least discussing updating their air conditioning systems. Consider a recent article for DNA Info titled “Christ The King Students, Parishioners Will Have Air Conditioning Next Year.”

Howard Ludwig of DNA Info writes, “Christ the King will be the first Catholic school in the Beverly area to have air conditioning. The update of the heating and cooling system will begin at the end of the school year, said Ann Marie Riordan, principal of the school with 369 students. ‘We are not looking at [air conditioning] as a luxury. We are looking at it as optimizing our learning environment,’ said Riordan, who explained warm conditions can hamper schoolwork from the start of the year through October. The massive boilers that serve both the church and school at 9240 S. Hoyne Ave. will be replaced by a forced-air heating and cooling system. The project is expected to be wrapped up before classes resume in the fall, Riordan said. When complete, Christ the King will be the only school within the Archdiocese of Chicago's Vicariate 5, Council 10A area with air conditioning. This area encompasses most of the schools on the Far Southwest Side, including St. Barnabas, St. Bede, St. Cajetan, St. Christina, St. John Fisher, Holy Redeemer, Queen of Martyrs and St. Walter. Adding air conditioning is actually the first stage of a major overhaul of the parish that follows a fundraiser dubbed CK2050. This effort kicked off in May and sought $3 million for facility improvements. By February, the parish had reached its goal in terms of pledges, and the total pledged now stands at $4.1 million, Riordan said. ‘There is a very strong commitment to CK,’ she said, adding that 33 percent of the students at the school have at least one parent who was also educated there.”

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