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10 BCPS schools to start first day of school on Friday due to extreme heat, lack of A/C

Posted at 5:25 PM, Sep 05, 2018
and last updated 2018-09-05 17:28:21-04

Ten schools/centers will start their first day of school on Friday, September 7 after several days of closures due to lack of air conditioning.

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School officials are calling it a "second first day" of school for the students of these ten facilities.

In an effort to celebrate their first day back, they will receive a visit from Interim Superintendent Verletta White to welcome them back for the 2018-2019 school year.

These 10 schools/centers listed below will be closed on Thursday, September 6 due to excessive heat and will reopen on Friday, September 7 for their official first day:

• Bedford Elementary

• Berkshire Elementary

• Campfield Early Learning Center

• Catonsville Center for Alternative Studies

• Colgate Elementary

• Dundalk Elementary

• Dulaney High

• Lansdowne High

• Patapsco High and Center for the Arts

• Woodlawn High