THAN JUST A SWING AND A SLIDE. TO. IT. DOESN’T MATTER IF YOU’RE GOING DOWN A METAL SLIDE OR PLAYING ON A BIG PLASTIC PLAYGROUND. ONCE IT GETS HOT, IT’S NOT AS ENJOYABLE. THE AVERAGE HIGH IN JULY IS ...

Jul. 5—As part of an initiative to improve facility infrastructure, Yuba City Unified School District (YCUSD) will construct new shade structures and playground equipment in select schools. The YCUSD ...

As the planet continues to warm up and summer gets hotter every year, schools and parks are looking for ways to make sure kids can still play. After all, some days during spring and fall almost feel ...

This year, just like last year, the nearly 200,000 kids in Chicago’s public elementary schools spent recess indoors during the first week of school, when the heat index hit 114 degrees. In the past ...

Donors contribute bulk of money needed to pay for structure More kids will be playing in the shade at the Durango Community Recreation Center after community members raised money for a canopy. Carl ...

Last year, second-grade students at Parr’s Ridge Elementary School in Mount Airy measured the temperature of the school’s slides at 100 degrees. This year, however, school officials have installed ...

With warmer weather and longer, sunnier days on the horizon, now is the time to get your yard ready for summer hangouts. If your yard doesn’t have many trees, consider adding shade—both to make the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The Alabama Department of Public Health ...