Is anyone else worried about Lafayette & the Trailers...

[Anonymous]

As a parent I am psyched for the renovations and think the trailers will be great. The teachers are happy to have new classrooms with working AC, I know! If the kids get wet going to art class, so be it. I can't really think of one negative about the whole set up, except for the 4th graders who won't get to enjoy the new building.

[Anonymous]

The major downside in my mind is the cafeteria/auditorium/tent situation. I think they are planning a large tent. I just foresee that being not big enough, susceptible to weather, or otherwise problematic. But we'll live to tell, even if our videos of Arts Night aren't so great. THe kids seem to have a good sense of adventure looking to the next year. And the new school will be fantastic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's wrong with trailers? Can you set aside your female/mommy irrationally and answer objectively?

What's wrong with you? Can you set aside your masculinized/rage-filled misogyny and write respectfully?

[Anonymous]

Hearst parent. I have to confess that I was leery about trailers at first. I still wouldn't be happy with them long term (that is to say I still prefer a renovated building over just having trailers), but I will say that the newer trailers are pretty nice. Certainly much nicer than I remember when I was a kid. We a two-level trailer and sometimes you can almost forget you are in a trailer.

[Anonymous]

I taught in a trailer this year, but at a different DCPS. You need to ask about how kids make it from the trailer to the main building. Say that a kid needs to go to the nurse and you can't walk the entire class over. We had kids walking across an open playground (school policy) and it always bothered me. I taught 1st and those kids needed an adult.
Also, the teachers in the trailer had much less access technology. We didn't have the outlets to keep the laptops plugged in, so my students rarely had technology available to them. Also- school did not want to put smart boards in the trailers- for fear they'd be stolen. Although it may seem like small things-it really impacted our year.