Without proper air conditioning, many U.S. schools forced to close amid scorching heat

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For parents and kids already sweating the start of a new school year, the heat hasn’t helped.

About 160 million Americans sweltered in temperatures above 90 degrees Wednesday. And with the heat index topping triple digits in Washington, D.C., some students at Horace Mann Elementary School were trying to learn their ABCs without AC.

“The fact that they aren’t prepared for these kinds of incidents is a little ridiculous,” parent Claire Wilder said.

Read more on CBS News.

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