Baltimore residents are resorting to GoFundMe to heat their freezing public schools

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January 4, 2018 7:16 PM

Baltimore students have been wrapping themselves in blankets and heavy coats inside their classrooms to cope with the lack of heat.

Widespread heating issues have forced multiple Baltimore schools to close, but some still force kids to attend.
Students have been wrapping themselves in blankets and heavy coats to stay warm inside their classrooms.
People are now donating to a GoFundMe campaign to supply local schools with heaters and outerwear.

As winter temperatures continue to plummet, decades-old infrastructure in Baltimore, Maryland public schools has left students and faculty in freezing conditions.

Now, without any sign of government intervention short of closing the schools indefinitely, one Baltimore native has issued a cry for help on the crowdfunding site GoFundMe.

Today, on one of the coldes... @ #emo# K.T.#emo#

Going to school in Baltimor... @ Kwame Rose

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, came out in support of the Baltimore Teachers Union, calling the conditions "unsafe, unbearable and unacceptable for students, educators and school employees."

"Kids can't learn and teachers can't teach in freezing classrooms and in schools with no heat, frozen pipes and frigid winds coming in through drafty windows," Weingarten said in a statement. "We stand with the Baltimore Teachers Union and our members, who are standing up for the children they serve and demanding that the district close schools until crews can properly assess and fix the heating problems in every school in the city."

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