A teacher at Ewa Beach Elementary said she was treated for heat exhaustion and dehydration Tuesday due to working in her hot classroom.

But Jennifer Pimentel, who has taught at the school for 10 years, said she is not the only one.

“It’s widespread in Ewa,” Pimentel said Wednesday. “It’s bad. Somebody needs to do something about it.”

Ewa Beach Elementary is at the top of the DOE’s air-conditioning priority list, followed by Ilima Intermediate and Campbell High. Concerns have been raised over the high temperatures in classrooms, which have prompted community and business donation campaigns for fans and air conditioners.

The DOE estimates that it would cost $1.7 billion to install air conditioning in all of its schools. The department has implemented other heat-abatement options, including the use of solar-powered ventilators, solar lights and ceiling fans. The goal is for classroom temperatures to be at 76 degrees.

NEIGHBOR ISLANDS

SUV hits school bus; no one hurt

No injuries were reported Wednesday morning after a sport utility vehicle crashed into a school bus in Ocean View on Hawaii island, police said.

In response to a 6:42 a.m. call, police determined that the bus was traveling south on Princess Kaiulani Boulevard when an SUV traveling west on Lehua Parkway and operated by a 42-year-old man ran a stop sign and broadsided the bus. Twelve schoolchildren, ages 13-17, and a 50-year-old male driver were on board the bus.

The crash damaged both vehicles substantially, police said.