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On May 19 my community faced temperatures from 90-98 during and after school hours. This made it so the whole building was extremely hot and prevented my peers and me from being able to work/learn to our best ability. It has been brung to my attention that my school does in fact have air conditioning but for some reason on the hottest days of the school year it is not on? I beleive this is not only a safety issue but a communication issue because if the people in power (BPS) knows how hot the school days are getting why arent they making an effort to fix our problems? I ask that the air conditioning be turned on throughout and after the school day to insure not only students but teachers are able to learn/teach at their full potential.

Dear Mayor Wu and Superintendent Skipper, Families of the JFK urgently ask for your attention and leadership regarding the unsafe conditions at the JFK Elementary School playground. The current playground at JFK Elementary is outdated, unsafe, and no longer meets the needs of our students. Families are pleading for the City of Boston and Boston Public Schools to prioritize a new, safe, and accessible playground for our children. • The current play structure is more than 25 years old and was installed before JFK had K0 and K1 classrooms. It was never designed for 3- and 4-year-old children. • JFK will also be adding an additional K0 classroom for the 2026/2027 school year as part of the effort to expand universal, affordable pre-K. We wholeheartedly support this initiative, but the school needs the proper outdoor space and infrastructure to provide a safe, inclusive, and high-quality educational experience for our youngest learners. • Several accidents and safety incidents have already occurred involving younger children using equipment that is not age appropriate. • The woodchip surface is unsafe and unsanitary. Needles have been discovered buried under the woodchips where children play. • The playground bridge has deteriorated after years of<truncated>

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