Heat closes additional Portland area schools early, cancels some programming

The Lake Oswego School District said students who attend schools without air conditioning will be

released early

Monday, due to

rising temperatures

Lake Oswego Middle School at Uplands will be releasing students at 1:35 p.m. Forest Hills, Hallinan, Lake Grove, Oak Creek and Westridge elementary schools will release students at 12:40 p.m.

After-school care will continue starting at early release times in “the coolest areas available inside the school for enrolled students,” the district said.

Schools that do have air conditioning or other cooling systems, including Palisades and River Grove elementaries, Lakeridge Middle School, Lakeridge High School and Lake Oswego High School will remain on their regular schedules, district officials said.

All campuses in Portland Public Schools are releasing students after a half-day schedule on Monday, regardless of whether their buildings have cooling systems or not, and the district canceled all of its regularly scheduled afterschool programs.

And the Parkrose School District announced that it was canceling all afterschool programming due to the heat.

Temperatures in the region are expected to reach as high as 95 degrees Fahrenheit Monday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.

—Julia Silverman covers K-12 education for The Oregonian/OregonLive. Reach her via email at jsilverman@oregonian.com