Overview
- The School District of Philadelphia announced Wednesday that 52 schools will follow an early dismissal schedule on Thursday, June 11, and that all in-person after-school activities at those sites are canceled.
- Officials cited a heat advisory for the Delaware Valley and forecasts of mid-90s temperatures with humidity making it feel close to 100 degrees as the immediate reason for the early dismissals.
- Deputy Superintendent of Operations Oz Hill said the district’s top priority is safety and that a number of buildings still lack adequate air conditioning despite ongoing upgrade efforts.
- The district directed families to phila.gov for meal and resource locations and to call 1-833-PHL-HOPE for free counseling and emotional support, and individual schools will share dismissal times and pickup plans.
- This action continues a pattern of late-May and early-June heat-related remote or shortened school days and highlights district and union warnings that lasting fixes need capital work and new, recurring revenue.