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I teach in a UK secondary school; the building with my classroom in was built in the 1960s, as many of them are. Ventilation is poor and after a 60-minute lesso
by mistr0 4y ago
I teach in a UK secondary school; the building with my classroom in was built in the 1960s, as many of them are. Ventilation is poor and after a 60-minute lesson with 25-30 students (age ~15) CO2 will be at 2000-2500 ppm. If there are back-to-back lessons it'll be 3000-3500. I can open some doors, but they lead to connected classrooms so this is only practical if those rooms are not in use. Retro-fitting an AC system is likely possible, but expensive.
- Arbortheus 4y agoAir quality should be a bigger consideration in schools, I bet students will be more attentative and able to focus better without high CO2 levels. We should create the conditions to allow them to succeed.
- ahaucnx 4y agoYou might be interested to join the SAMHE project in the UK [1] (that we are part of). It gives free air quality monitors to secondary schools for a large scientific study. [1] https://www.samhe.org.uk/ https://www.samhe.org.uk/