CBS 6 examines COVID funds, meals tax dollars amid Henrico school HVAC problems

Hot classrooms. Temporary chillers. Loud portable cooling units.

For weeks, CBS 6 has heard from parents, students and school employees about heating and cooling problems disrupting the school day across Henrico County.

"It's hot. It's hot. It's just hot," Varina High School student Lucia Papelino told CBS 6 during our previous investigation. "We're trying to learn, but we can't learn."

At Highland Springs High School, teacher Patrick Miller was asked whether it was fair to make staff work in hot conditions.

"No, it is not," he said.

Those complaints prompted another question: How much public money has gone toward HVAC and other mechanical work in Henrico County Public Schools, and where has that money gone?

CBS 6 asked HCPS for the numbers.

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