In your first period class, you’re wearing a hoodie, jeans and a blanket around your legs. But in the hallways, you’re using your jacket to dab sweat off your forehead. By second period, it’s so humid and stuffy that you’re wishing you never wore jeans.

The Bowie heating ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) system has been a popular source of complaints from students, but the school has been unable to address the issues fully until now, thanks to the new AISD bond money.

From June 1 to July 29, Bowie will be closed for renovations to the hydroponic piping that operate the HVAC system in order to improve comfort in classrooms.

During this time period, the Bowie office staff will be relocated to Akins High School. As a two summer project, the first installment will be the start to a better learning environment for students and staff alike, as described by the school’s Management Assistant to the Principal Debby Theis.

“I am hopeful that once this project is finished, the student and faculty can look forward to entering a classroom that will be comfortable and conducive to learning on a daily basis,” Theis said.

In order to preserve the safety of Bowie community members, summer activities taking place at the school have been relocated to alternative locations. One of the activities affected is the summer camp for marching band students.

“We have a camp dedicated to teaching the incoming freshmen how to march,” junior drum major Adam Dinkins said. “That camp will be moved to Bailey as well as our indoor summer band rehearsals in August.”

Despite the change in scenery, Dinkins is confident that he and his peers will be able to adapt to the changes being thrown at them.

“I believe that even though we are in a different environment, we will still be able to teach the incoming freshmen what they need to be successful in the fall,” Dinkins said.

Another organization being affected is the Silver Stars, whose summer “kiddie camp” is where the team teaches students from 1st grade to 9th different dances and activities. Like the band camp, kiddie camp is also being moved to Bailey Middle School.

“It will be kind of hard keeping all the kids since we aren’t gonna be in our big gym here,” Silver Star junior Cecilia Ortiz said. “Finding space to practice our dances because the school isn’t as familiar to us as Bowie is. But other than that, the relocation won’t affect the running of the camp much.”

For students who have been enduring HVAC problems for a while now, the promise of solving the issue has given students hope for the idea that they might not have to wear layers to school when it’s 90 degrees out.

“I’ve been at Bowie for three years now, so having very inconsistent air conditioning has just become a regular part of Bowie for me,” junior Sophie Bega said. “I’m very excited to have a more reliable system in place to ensure the comfort of students and teachers.”