Between 2008 and 2013, when the Upper Laurel bond was approved, Menlo Park experienced about 12 days a year with temperatures over 90 degrees. In the years between 2018 and today, that average rose to 16 days. What might have seemed like a reasonable way to save costs in 2013 is now increasingly a necessity. With over 90% of our District’s learning spaces lacking A/C, we need to act now at all our campuses to create climate-safe classrooms.