Baltimore schools closing today because of lack of heat in schools

ALERT: Due to lack of heat, National Academy Foundation will close at 12:30 p.m. today.

Boiler issues at four public schools have lead to Baltimore City College High School, Martin Luther King Elementary/Middle School, Deep Creek Middle School, and most recently the National Academy Foundation to close until repairs are finished and heat is restored.

Both school districts, which have the oldest school infastructures in the state, have been at the center of debate about the conditions in schools in summer and winter months when students have to endure extreme temperatures.

Foster said work is also being done Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School, Northwestern High School in and Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle School in Butcher's Hill, where boilers were not working at full capacity.

The closures only came after students went to social media to complain about sitting in classrooms, freezing their you-know-whats off.

@BaltCitySchools can you please explain why students are in school while heaters arent working? #BCCpic.twitter.com/BKmtzaqSVd

The good news is that it’s supposed to be a balmy 41º. When I was a kid cold weather grew hair on our chests and we walked up and down mountains, and if a child died or went blind we kicked them out of our stage coach and continued to move onward and upward without them! They should all just go to the $30 million juvenile prison since the money earmarked for public schools went there anyways.