Without electricity for the fans There is no one who can give or receive classes, and in the community of La Urena they know it. For several weeks they have been living blackouts continuous energy. This produces an unsustainable situation to teach classes in a normal way, since with the high temperaturesstudents and teachers have nothing to cool themselves with when the fans turn off.
In the Basic School La Urena they receive classes 441 studentsand its deputy director, Guiomar Roa, says that the power goes out daily, and does not return for the remainder of the day.
The Dominican Institute of Meteorology registered the day before yesterday temperature maximum of 34.5 ºC in the area where it is located La Urenain the Santo Domingo Este municipality.
With a single investorlocated in the administrative zone, and which is also damaged, they do not have enough energy to maintain the fans. Likewise, they do not have a system of air conditioned.
The same happens in the Don Pedro Mir High Schoolin the same neighborhood, because they also have a investorbut they still can’t use it due to lack of batteries. They affirm that, when the power goes out, they take advantage of the power as much as they can. air that comes to them from the coast – due to its proximity to the sea – and enters the classrooms.
The only thing they are told is that the situation is due to a maintenance in the power plant. Even so, they have to continue teaching under the heat of the Caribbean, without a sustainable way to maintain a temperature pleasant.
Irritability for the temperature
The high temperatures directly affect the health of the students. He pediatrician Elbi Morla explains that the heat Not only can it make people feel tired, but it can also contribute to irritability.
Of among the effects that they may suffer, doctor The alteration of mental state and behavior stands out, such as vertigo, dizziness, disorientation, delirium, confusion or loss of consciousness and dehydration.
“He heat It is associated with slower reaction times and lower ability to concentrate and cognitive function. Various studies have found that when the temperature in the classroom, student performance decreases,” he says.
While in an educational center they shovel the heat with the eventual sea breezein the other to the students and teachers are left only – as one teacher says – to drink water and “hold on.”
