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Poll: A/C at D-S Middle School?

The D-S Regional School Committee met Tuesday night to see a presentation about the cost of installing air conditioning at the Middle School.

At last night's D-S Regional School Committee meeting the committee from engineers on installing air conditioning in the D-S Middle School.

The engineers gave four options: a large stand-alone cooling unit on the roof for $880,000, a variant of the first option that costs $840,000, install cooling coils in the heating fans in the classrooms with a fan unit on the roof for $420,000, or several fan units on the roof for $590,000.

Many faculty said that building retains too much heat during the hotter months and that the high temperatures affect performance and morale.

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Installing A/C in the school would be costly and could take a lot out of the budget.

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