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[quote=Anonymous]My son was in a trailer last year for fourth - same set up as a PP.  All the fourth graders were in the same unit - it had four classrooms, a central hallway with hooks for coats/backpacks, a water fountain, and bathrooms.  Considering how many fewer kids used those bathrooms than the school bathrooms, they were actually cleaner than school bathrooms.

Each classroom had windows, and there were doors with windows at the ends of the hall.  I didn't find it dark.  The classrooms have their own temperature controls, which was nice when the old HVAC system in the regular building had some rooms freezing and some broiling in the warmer months.

I do think the classrooms were a bit smaller in terms of square footage than the regular classrooms, but that could be just that fourth graders use more space than third graders (my most recent memory).  Regardless, my son didn't complain.

Kids do have to go outside "in the elements" to get into the school for music/pe/art/lunch, which annoyed me to think about, but didn't seem to bother him.  I was afraid that classrooms would be flimsy and loud, but even on back to school night and during class events when I was actively listening for noise from other rooms it wasn't worse than a regular classroom with a door open next to a noisy room.

I agree that the length of time it takes to get anywhere is annoying, and I'll add that, if you visit and go to the room it's kind of a pain to get back into the building since you need a teachers badge to unlock the doors.

Overall, though, not a bad experience. [/quote]

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