The administration has confirmed that portable cooling units will be installed in all classrooms effective immediately. Your collective persistence ensured that our children will study in a comfortable environment. We will monitor the situation to confirm the equipment is utilized properly through the coming months.
December 17, 2017
Final supporters
To the IC Administration,
As concerned parents, we would like to address the AC situation in the elementary school.
Upon returning to IC for the orientation we found out that the cooling system has not been fixed since May. We understand that you have been working tirelessly to find a solution and that it is a matter of time until it's resolved. Yet, as we all know, processes in Lebanon can be delayed.
Our main concern now is our children, and placing fans in non ventilated rooms is not a solution. We are not willing to send our children for 6 hours everyday to hot humid classes that will leave them dehydrated, nauseous, and sick. Clearly this isn't a learning environment.
We request that IC purchases or rents portable ACs for the buildings and class rooms. As we know the current situation is going to stretch through the coming warm months before the issue is resolved.
Parents are currently paying the second trimester tuition in one of the most prestigious (and expensive) private schools in Lebanon, and the least we can do is expect the school to have a viable temporary solution for this problem.
Please find attached a petition signed by concerned IC parents.
Updates
September 20, 2017
The petition has now reached two hundred fifty signatures. This level of consensus confirms that our collective expectation for a functional learning environment is clear and urgent.
September 19, 2017
The petition has reached one hundred signatures this morning. This collective response clearly indicates the urgency of securing a proper cooling solution for the classrooms.
Reached 250 supporters
September 18, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
September 17, 2017
112 Comments
I have 2 kids in Elementary school: Jad Uthman CM2 Karim Uthman CP PS: in addition to the heat, Im worried to send food like cheese or labne sandwich or anything that needs a cool temperature that will not last till first recess due to heat... tx you and hope everything gets fixed very soon...
A more viable temporary solution should have been implemented since last year. Otherwise, it is truely not a good learning environment.
I cannot believe that this issue has taken so much effort and time and still has not been resolved. This is a crucial issue as it involves the well being of our children. I am wondering how this building is considered a "green building" yet there are hardly windows in it. Unbelievable.
My daughter has asthma and I'm very worried about her health. I hope we can find a solution ASAP.
Unacceptable. This environment is unhealthy for the kids learning. Not to mention that the school had 4 months to fix the problem yet they decided to neglect it !!!
Mother of serena dabbagh
Mother of Soraya El-Husseini-CM2 B Karim El-Husseini - 3eme Ali El-Husseini - 2nde
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The administration has confirmed that portable cooling units will be installed in all classrooms effective immediately. Your collective persistence ensured that our children will study in a comfortable environment. We will monitor the situation to confirm the equipment is utilized properly through the coming months.
December 17, 2017
Final supporters
To the IC Administration,
As concerned parents, we would like to address the AC situation in the elementary school.
Upon returning to IC for the orientation we found out that the cooling system has not been fixed since May. We understand that you have been working tirelessly to find a solution and that it is a matter of time until it's resolved. Yet, as we all know, processes in Lebanon can be delayed.
Our main concern now is our children, and placing fans in non ventilated rooms is not a solution. We are not willing to send our children for 6 hours everyday to hot humid classes that will leave them dehydrated, nauseous, and sick. Clearly this isn't a learning environment.
We request that IC purchases or rents portable ACs for the buildings and class rooms. As we know the current situation is going to stretch through the coming warm months before the issue is resolved.
Parents are currently paying the second trimester tuition in one of the most prestigious (and expensive) private schools in Lebanon, and the least we can do is expect the school to have a viable temporary solution for this problem.
Please find attached a petition signed by concerned IC parents.
Updates
September 20, 2017
The petition has now reached two hundred fifty signatures. This level of consensus confirms that our collective expectation for a functional learning environment is clear and urgent.
September 19, 2017
The petition has reached one hundred signatures this morning. This collective response clearly indicates the urgency of securing a proper cooling solution for the classrooms.
Reached 250 supporters
September 18, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
September 17, 2017
112 Comments
Since new replacement parts are already in the lebanese customs awaiting clearance, any help from the parents pool to speed the process is a must at this stage
I have 2 kids in Elementary school: Jad Uthman CM2 Karim Uthman CP PS: in addition to the heat, Im worried to send food like cheese or labne sandwich or anything that needs a cool temperature that will not last till first recess due to heat... tx you and hope everything gets fixed very soon...
A more viable temporary solution should have been implemented since last year. Otherwise, it is truely not a good learning environment.
I cannot believe that this issue has taken so much effort and time and still has not been resolved. This is a crucial issue as it involves the well being of our children. I am wondering how this building is considered a "green building" yet there are hardly windows in it. Unbelievable.
My daughter has asthma and I'm very worried about her health. I hope we can find a solution ASAP.
Unacceptable. This environment is unhealthy for the kids learning. Not to mention that the school had 4 months to fix the problem yet they decided to neglect it !!!
Mother of serena dabbagh
Mother of Soraya El-Husseini-CM2 B Karim El-Husseini - 3eme Ali El-Husseini - 2nde
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Since new replacement parts are already in the lebanese customs awaiting clearance, any help from the parents pool to speed the process is a must at this stage