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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][/quote]  Classroom trailers and boundary changes have something in common - if a municipality really wants them, they come.   [/quote]

Murch dad.  Ain't that the truth.

You Brent'ites should visit Van Ness to get your heads around our trailer situation.  We pitched fits when trailers arrived, but no longer.  Trailers are MUCH better than school boundary battles and being pushed to low performing, hard scrabble schools.

DCPS is actually pretty good about tucking trailers in corners, moving fences if necessary.  You would be surprised where they can fit one or two.  Parents think they can fight trailers, but they cannot because they are in no position to either re-district or build a school out!!

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Generally I agree, my ES has trailers and they're not that bad, the kids think it's cool being in their own building. However -- adding trailers doesn't make the cafeteria bigger, or the gym, or the playground, or the library, or the office. The kids eat in three shifts at my school, with about 15 minutes for lunch. It takes all day to get recess in. They've cut out science for all grades, and had to cut library and computer way back. There aren't enough parking spaces for the teachers, or even enough mailboxes in the office. I could go on, but the summary is that crowding degrades every aspect of school life. Our poor principal has aged ten years since the trailers went in.[/quote]

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