AREA HOMELESS SHELTERS AS WELL. THESE DANGEROUS TEMPERATURES ARE FORCING SOME SCHOOLS TO LET OUT EARLY TODAY. DOWLING CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL LET STUDENTS OUT AT 1030 THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF A PROBLEM WITH ITS AIR CONDITIONER. SCHOOL LEADERS TELL US THEY HOPE TO HAVE IT FIXED BY TOMORROW. STUDENTS AT DIAGONAL EAST MARSHALL INTERSTATE 35 WEBSTER CITY HIGH SCHOOL AND ORIENT-MACKSBURG ARE ALL GETTING OUT EARLY TODAY. YOU CAN FIND A FULL LIST OF THE CLOSINGS ON OUR WEBSITE, KCCI.COM, OR ON OUR FREE KCKCCI MOBILE APP. WELL, IT IS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR THOUSANDS OF KIDS IN DES MOINES. AND WITH THE HIGH TEMPERATURES, THE DISTRICT IS WORKING HARD TO KEEP THEM COOL. KCCI IS ETHAN HUMBLE SHOWS US HOW WELL THE BUSSES BEHIND ME MAY BE SITTING STILL NOW, BUT THE DISTRICT'S DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS THEY'LL BE MOVING ALL DAY TO KEEP THAT COOL AIR MOVING THROUGH. MONDAY MORNING'S BACK TO SCHOOL BUS RIDE WAS A WARM ONE FOR DES MOINES KIDS, AND IT'S LARGELY BECAUSE THE DISTRICT SAYS MOST OF ITS SCHOOL BUSSES DON'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING. DRIVERS ARE OPENING WINDOWS AND VENTS, AND TURNING ON ANY FANS TO KEEP THE BUSSES AS COOL AS POSSIBLE. BUT THE SCHOOLS ARE ALSO ASKING FOR KIDS TO BRING THEIR OWN WATER BOTTLES ONTO THE BUS. DMPS DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION SAMANTHA NIXON SAYS SHE'S ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE BUS DRIVERS, AND SHE'S TELLING THEM TO KEEP THE BUSSES MOVING TO KEEP THE AIR CIRCULATING. A LOT OF THESE GUYS ARE OUT ALL DAY LONG. THEY DON'T COME BACK. THEY HAVE A STOP FOR A QUICK BREAK AND THAT'S ABOUT IT. THEY ARE DOING SHUTTLES ALL DAY LONG, SO THEY'RE JUST GOING TO TRY TO KEEP THEM MOVING. THEY'LL PARK IN THE SHADE WHEN THEY CAN. NIXON SAYS IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO KEEP A WATER BOTTLE ON BOARD, AS LONG AS THE HEAT STICKS AROUND. IN DES MOI