Parents at a school in Nîmes, France, have launched a fundraising campaign to install air conditioning in classrooms following a student’s heat-related illness in May. The initiative, organized by the Planette district parents’ association, utilizes the Leetchi crowdfunding platform. Concerns over increasingly frequent and intense heatwaves prompted the action, raising questions about the responsibility for providing adequate cooling in public schools. The parents are directly funding the installation due to a lack of official resources or immediate solutions from the school administration. This situation highlights the growing impact of climate change on educational environments and the challenges faced by schools in adapting to extreme weather. The fundraising effort underscores parental anxieties about their children’s well-being during periods of high temperatures. The incident has sparked debate regarding the role of schools and local authorities in ensuring comfortable and safe learning conditions.