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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't be so sure about trailers.  Last I checked, Brent is in the midst of an historic district. In order to deploy trailers, DCPS will have to contend with opposition from parents, neighbors, ANC 6B, the Historic Preservation Office, Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Hill Restoration Society, Commission on Fine Arts, etc.  DCPS also has to ensure its own compliance with recess and PE requirements under the Healthy Schools Act.  Even if all of these obstacles could be surmounted, many parents would look to other options as there would be no room for the Xmas tree sale, Fall Festival, outdoor activities for students on PTA nights, International Night, and family events for a 400+ student body in the AP room.[/quote]

Right, but then parents and community groups initially fought trailers at Murch and Lafayette tooth and nail, and got nowhere.  More than ten years after the first trailer arrived, each school has half a dozen, and one temporary building.  Trailers are now seen as the lesser of the evils, preferable to kids being pushed to distant charters or under-performing neighboring schools.  NW parents threatened to look to other options when the trailer discussion started, but few did (helping explain more than 700 kids at Lafayette).

Classroom trailers and boundary changes have something in common - if a municipality really wants them, they come.

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