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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can I ask a question I know I will get flamed for?

I fully appreciate the class overcrowding and impact on quality education that comes from classroom sizes being too small....a result of a teacher shortage.  Totally on board with that problem.

But what really is the quantifiable impact to quality of education (that outweighs the countervailing benefit) of a school needing to supplement the main building with portables?[/quote]

FWIW, our school has portables and the heat doesn't always work.  My kid had 'homeroom' in one last year and they were unable to hear the daily announcements.

In ES, we had issues where one kid would run out of the portables.  Our principal once had to chase after the kid!

And bathrooms are an issue.  It's hard to get back in and out of the building, because there is a push to lock all doors except the main entrance door (which is fair, for security).

Plus, portables often take up field space.  They put them out on the field, which means less space for sports teams to practice, or if in a parking lot, less parking spaces for faculty.

Definitely not ideal.  [/quote]

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