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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They're called "portables" and they can be perfectly capable of housing a classroom. I work in an elementary school where the entire 5th grade is in portables. It's fine. Nobody is upset about it. It's climate controlled and they have water bubblers in there (and this is not a wealthy school). The kids have passes to go inside for the bathroom and they love doing the long walk.

There's no problem here, you're making a problem. [/quote]

Most definitely not written by a real teacher.  I taught in fcps for almost 10 years, and teacher despise the trailers more than anyone.  We dread being put out there, and the bathroom thing is the worst.  We have to worry about kids walking outside on their own and just hope they go into the building, and of course we can't send a kid without a partner, so now there's two kids walking around outside, sometimes not far from a busy road. And every time there are high winds or a tornado warning, we have to run into the building so we don't get carried away like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, plus we all know that trailers are a massive fire hazard.  Just not safe, and not secure.  Also really fun to constantly walk outside when it's freezing or pouring out, we love that too.  Big FU to the troll who posted that nonsense above.  [/quote]

As a parent, these were the things I worried about. My son didn’t hate the trailer because his ES was kept at a ridiculously hot temperature and the trailer was cooler. But, when it rained they had to wear raincoats or carry umbrellas and walk not a short distance outside to even get to the building to go to the bathroom, lunch, daily specials… In the cold, they had to put on coats to then go into a building that was near 80 degrees. Think of how many times students transition during the day. It’s a pain. And, the trailers were near the playground which any person could easily access, not locked down and safe like the interior of the school. He is very glad to attend an MS with no trailers.

In my own MS our gym and one set of electives were only accessible via outdoor covered walkways. Trust me, everyone hated it.[/quote]

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