Which MCPS school does not have any trailers next to them?

[Anonymous]

Just wondering, because it seems to be a prevailing landscape element. I moved form the west coast and you don't see it there.. What are those hideous trailers anyway, storage units for the school supplies or sport stuff? I sure hope not classrooms?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just wondering, because it seems to be a prevailing landscape element. I moved form the west coast and you don't see it there.. What are those hideous trailers anyway, storage units for the school supplies or sport stuff? I sure hope not classrooms?

Yes, they're classrooms. Not all schools have them, but some have quite a few.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/facilities/construction/relocatable.aspx

[Anonymous]

troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:troll.

+1 We moved from an expensive town in the Bay Area, and we had trailers there, too, at one point.

[Anonymous]

This is a great way to single in on a school. Trailers are a sign of an overburdened school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a great way to single in on a school. Trailers are a sign of an overburdened school.

That is a great deal of the county at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a great way to single in on a school. Trailers are a sign of an overburdened school.

That is a great deal of the county at this point.

About 90 out of 206 schools have portables as classrooms.

http://gis.mcpsmd.org/cipmasterpdfs/CIP20_AppendixH.pdf

[Anonymous]

When you lived in a state that was losing population, your schools didn’t have portable classrooms. When you moved here we can’t keep up with population growth. See the difference?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:troll.

Excuse me? Troll how. Who? Oh, you .. you decided to sign just your name instead of posting the reply. That is possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When you lived in a state that was losing population, your schools didn’t have portable classrooms. When you moved here we can’t keep up with population growth. See the difference?

Where the population grow comes from at this rate. I am familiar with NOVA and they do not need trailers attached to the schools at this rate?
Are people from VA coming to MD to have kids here because of better schools?

[Anonymous]

Okay, why the county won't just add an addition to the school instead of the trailers. This sound so third world solution. It must suck to teach in the trailers. Cold, Hot, going to the bathroom in the winter... yack.. That is not much fun. How about the W school clusters? Them too? I assume.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Okay, why the county won't just add an addition to the school instead of the trailers. This sound so third world solution. It must suck to teach in the trailers. Cold, Hot, going to the bathroom in the winter... yack.. That is not much fun. How about the W school clusters? Them too? I assume.

Um ... how about you catch up on the past 10 years of additions and new schools being planned, and how the recession stalled a whole bunch of things for about 5 years and meanwhile the county pace of growth accelerated.

The short answer is that the county wants to, but there is a long list of things to be done and not nearly enough money.

[Anonymous]

None at Beverly Farms ES - we have a pristine campus, probably the best in lower county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Okay, why the county won't just add an addition to the school instead of the trailers. This sound so third world solution. It must suck to teach in the trailers. Cold, Hot, going to the bathroom in the winter... yack.. That is not much fun. How about the W school clusters? Them too? I assume.

Um ... how about you catch up on the past 10 years of additions and new schools being planned, and how the recession stalled a whole bunch of things for about 5 years and meanwhile the county pace of growth accelerated.

The short answer is that the county wants to, but there is a long list of things to be done and not nearly enough money.

There’s tons of money. It’s just not devoted to education. We are the richest nation in the world and yet our schools are at the bottom of the heap compared to other developed countries. Trailers are just one symptom of that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just wondering, because it seems to be a prevailing landscape element. I moved form the west coast and you don't see it there.. What are those hideous trailers anyway, storage units for the school supplies or sport stuff? I sure hope not classrooms?

Just so many I don't believe you didn't know this and I think you just want to stir up a debate.