Newly installed air-conditioners in Queensland state schools unusable during heatwave

Queensland students and staff face a sweltering final few days of the school year with newly installed air-conditioning units unusable because school electricity networks cannot cope.Schools across Queensland cannot use the air-conditioning units that have been installed until their networks are upgraded

While air-conditioning units have been installed in a number of schools, many do not have the network capacity to run the units. The majority of school's electrical upgrades will be completed over the Christmas holidays, according to Education Minister Grace Grace. Jack McGuire, general secretary of the Teachers' Professional Association of Queensland, said the capability of each school's network was "obviously not" anticipated when the units were rolled out into schools.

This may come as news to some, with ABC Radio Brisbane hearing from a number of teachers and parents who were under the impression their schools may have to foot the bill.

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