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Thats already been happening. I live in Philadelphia, where our schools are famously decrepit and underfunded, and there have been several “heat days” over the past few years. The frequency of them seems to be increasing.
There are examples of this happening already
Why just US schools? Such a rethink should apply to every country. In my opinion, school holidays should be rescheduled to coincide with the best periods for outdoor activities (for example, here in europe I’d prefer the summer holiday to be in June which is cooler than July but with longer daylight hours). While for both extreme hot or cold (and dark) periods, it’s better that kids are gathered in a coolable / warmable institutional building, than assume that all parents can provide such a space for the whole day.
Current school holiday patterns date from 19th century traditions, when kids helped with planting in april and harvest in august, change is long overdue.