TEMPERATURES, AS IT'S REALLY GETTING HOT OUTSIDE. CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL BE INSIDE THEIR AIR CONDITIONED BUILDINGS MOST OF THE DAY. IT'S TOO HOT TO HAVE GYM, RECESS, OR PRACTICE OUTDOORS, AND WATER IS ONE OF THE SCHOOL SUPPLIES THAT IS NEEDED THIS YEAR. MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON AND CPS CEO PEDRO MARTINEZ RANG THE SCHOOL BELLS AT SHARON CHRISTA MCAULIFFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND MET PARENTS AND CHILDREN ON THE PLAYGROUND. THEY SAY FIRST DAY ATTENDANCE SETS THE TONE FOR THE WHOLE SCHOOL YEAR. IT'S A DAY OF MIXED EMOTIONS FOR EVERYONE. IT WAS HARD TO SEE THAT SHE DIDN'T WANT TO STAY, BUT SHE LOVED THE CLASSROOM. SHE SEEN THE LEGOS AND SHE LOVED THEM. HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT THIS DAY? FEELING GREAT. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY. IT'S A GOOD DAY FOR THE KIDS TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL. I FEEL GOOD, I FEEL AMAZING, I CAN'T WAIT, I'M SO EXCITED. WHY IS THAT? YEAH BECAUSE I CAN'T WAIT TO MEET MY NEW TEACHER. SHE'S PROBABLY AWESOME. THEY WENT INSIDE. CHALMERS STEAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ONE OF THREE SCHOOLS IN THE NORTH LAWNDALE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE ROLLING OUT ALIGNED STEAM LESSONS AND PROGRAMING. THIS YEAR. MAYOR JOHNSON AND MARTINEZ SEEM TO BE GETTING ALONG FINE, EVEN THOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS THAT THE MAYOR WANTS NEW LEADERSHIP AT CPS. I SEE THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE OUR STRONGEST YEAR EVER. THE TENSION EXISTS THAT WE JUST NEED MORE RESOURCES. WE HAVE FEDERAL FUNDING FUNDS THAT ARE GOING TO EXPIRE. WE'RE GOING TO NEED EVERYBODY. WE'RE GOING TO NEED HELP LOCALLY AT THE STATE LEVEL AND AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. PARENTS WERE ADVISED TO DRESS THEIR CHILDREN IN LIGHT CLOTHING HERE AT MCAULIFFE, THEY WEAR UNIFORMS AND THE DISTRICT HAS A FACILITIES TEAM TO RESPOND