You are the principal of Sunset Hills, a K-8 school with an 800-student population. It is a May mid-morning in Phoenix, Arizona, where the outside temperature has reached a staggering 98 degrees and is rising. While visiting classrooms in the campus' main building, you begin to notice the classrooms seem to be getting warmer and warmer. At noon the facilities manager notifies you that the central air conditioning units in the building are down. As you continue to walk through classrooms, you observe students sweating and trying to cool down waving their papers as fans.

School does not end until 3:45 p.m.

• Identify legal rulings regarding the safety and welfare of students and staff to consider in making a decision.
• Identify district policy regarding the safety and welfare of students and staff that might affect a decision.