CHATTAROY, Wash. - The Riverside School District wants voters to approve a levy to replace old heating and cooling systems that are making classrooms too hot for students to learn.

The district's HVAC systems are 30 years old. Teachers at Riverside High School say classrooms reach 85 degrees on hot days. Some teachers bring their own fans to cool down their rooms.

Tyler Rohrman, a world history teacher at Riverside High School, said the heat hurts student learning.

"It really gets in the way of that collaboration when kids are so tired and so cooked that they can't really think and their social batteries are drained faster because they just don't have the energy," Rohrman said.

Parent Stephanie Elie-Martin said her son and his friends complain about the temperatures.

"The HVAC system

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