Syracuse, N.Y. — The Syracuse City School District will finish its year with half-days due to extreme heat after closing most schools Tuesday.
Monday afternoon, the school district announced that all elementary, middle and Pre-K-8 schools would be closed Tuesday due to the extreme heat.
The high schools, which have air conditioning, remained open.
The district also announced that Wednesday and Thursday will be half days for the schools without air conditioning. Thursday, which was already scheduled as a half-day, is the last day of the school year.
The high schools will follow the “normal planned schedule,” the district said in a Facebook post.
The high school Regents examinations, scoring and graduation rehearsals will continue as scheduled, the district said.
The last-minute changes come as a historic heat wave hits Central New York.
On Monday, Syracuse broke a 50-year-old record high temperature.
A heat advisory remained in place Tuesday, with the heat index projected to peak higher than 100 degrees.
Wednesday’s high temperature is projected to hit 90 degrees before expected cooling later in the week, according to the National Weather Service.