SAN ANTONIO – There was no warm welcome waiting as students at Highlands High School returned from their holiday break Tuesday morning.
Instead, some said things were downright frigid inside their classrooms and hallways.
“Once I got in the main hallway, it was freezing,” Alyssa Weaver said. “It was really cold. I’m shivering and shaking. I can’t concentrate and do my work at all.”
Weaver chose to leave school early and head for the warmth of her home.
After receiving several emails with similar complaints about a lack of heat at the school, KSAT reached out to the San Antonio Independent School District for a comment.
An SAISD spokesperson issued a written statement explaining there was a mechanical issue with the building’s HVAC system, but it had been repaired by 7 a.m.
The statement stated that, due to the size of the building, it would take a while to warm up.
Still, …