Some Salem classrooms will get window film following excessive heat complaints

Salem’s hottest classrooms will get a bit of relief before kids return to school in the fall, but full-scale air conditioning upgrades are likely years away at best.

Robert Silva, the chief operations officer for the Salem-Keizer School District, said the district is working to buy heat reducing film for windows in un-air conditioned classrooms after piloting the material this spring.

Silva met with educators at Waldo Middle School on June 7, following complaints of…