Overview
- Milwaukee Public Schools canceled Summer Academy, Extended Learning Opportunity sites and indoor Milwaukee Recreation programming through Wednesday after consulting the health department, and officials will review conditions for a possible resumption on Thursday.
- The city remains under a dangerous heat advisory with heat-index values expected in the upper 90s to around 100 degrees, prompting child-care centers to keep children mostly indoors or limit outdoor time.
- Milwaukee has left splash pads, wading pools and designated cooling centers open and is running 13 Milwaukee Recreation meal sites so families can access cool space and free meals during the closures.
- The Milwaukee Health Department advises residents to limit outdoor activity during peak heat, stay hydrated, seek air-conditioned or designated cooling sites, never leave children or pets in vehicles, and use 2-1-1 or Milwaukee.gov/HotWeatherSafety for locations and updates.
- Public-health guidance draws on research showing children's core body temperature can rise far faster than adults, a risk that drove the school and recreation decisions and has led families to shift routines toward water play and midday indoor sheltering.