Queensland Council of Parents and Citizens' Association is calling on the State Government to ensure all new schools are built with air conditioning even if they don’t fall within a Cooler School Zone.
Rising temperatures across Brisbane’s Southwest suburbs have sparked the call and QCPCA Chief Executive Officer Kevan Goodworth said that Parents and Citizens associations should not be solely responsible for providing air conditioning to schools.
However, A department of Education spokesperson said schools outside of Cooler School Zones must decide as an individual school community whether they need air conditioning and that there will be no changes to current air-conditioning policies.