Seymour school officials are trying to figure out what’s wrong with the heating system at the high school.
Students were dismissed at about 9 a.m. Monday because it was just 55 degrees inside the building. At a Board of Education meeting Monday night, the school board tasked a subcommittee to focus on the problem.
It’s not clear why the building wasn’t heating correctly, Superintendent MaryAnne Mascolo said.
“They’re working on it,” Mascolo said.
School officials expect the building to be heated properly Tuesday. Students are scheduled to return to the school, Mascolo said.
Monday was not the first time students and teachers complained of cold temperatures. In October, two teachers prompted an emergency response while using Bunsen burners to try to warm science classrooms.
“That heating system seems to have been problematic since the addition was built,” said Board of Education member Fred Stanek. “And I think something needs to be done immediately.”
A facilities subcommittee of the school board is tasked with focusing on the lack of heat.
Facilities subcommittee chairman Peter Kubik said the district needs to research the problem.
“We’re losing too much quality instruction time due to the heating system,” Kubik.
Seymour High School students will not have to make up the missed school day at the end of the year, Mascolo said.