Back to school: Air conditioning comes to 7 Philly schools due to Jalen Hurts donation

Jalen Hurts is helping kids stay comfortable at seven schools as Philly kids get back to the classroom.

Officials with the School District of Philadelphia released a list of the 10 schools who benefitted from a generous donation the Eagles quarterback made to the district in the spring.Hurts gifted the district with $200,000 to be used for the installation of new air conditioning units at 10 different schools last April.Those schools are:Hurts joined Superintendent Tony Watlington at an assembly at Edward Gideon School in April, when the announcement was made, and he took questions from students.

It was part of our hiring strategy. We have AC this year, so that brought a lot of smiles to our teachers' faces."A main issue for many of the schools in the district boils down to the aging buildings. Many of them are more than 100 years old and likely require a re-wiring by electrical engineering experts. Those experts went to work all summer on schools they assessed infrastructure-wise to begin installations.

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