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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are plenty of Lewis feeder schools with Modular buildings and trailers.

Also WSHS lived with a disgusting, mold infested building for years before it was renovated (at 50 years old).

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I teach at a Title 1 school that is 60+ years old and finally on the schedule for a renovation in the next 2-5 years. The building is disgusting with a significant  mouse problem.[/quote]

Please name the school. [/quote]

Renovation schedule is public- it’s pretty easy to narrow down…[/quote]

Why play coy?  Name the school so we can check its age and prior renovation history.  [/quote]

I’m not the PP, but the one who originally posted - Herndon Elementary [/quote]

Looks like they are now going to spend about $12M more to renovate Herndon ES than they previously spent on a “renovation” of an older high school with about 3X as many kids.  The schools built in the 1960s and later are getting a far better deal than those built in the 1950s.[/quote]

Walk through the school and you’ll know why it’s being renovated - not including the 15+ classrooms that are in trailers[/quote]

When you have 18 kids per class (last reported # for Herndon ES) it’s not surprising you have trailers.

There are other even older schools with trailers that have more kids per class and aren’t about to get $42M for more permanent classroom space.

But I’m sure it will make for a nicer environment at HES so enjoy when it’s done. [/quote]

You could move into Herndon ES boundaries. You would be able to buy a cheaper house, save money, have smaller class sizes, and a newer school. But then you know you won’t because you know that Herndon ES has the class size it does because of the large number of kids who are behind. There is the insanely high number of kids who live in poverty and are in ESOL. You don’t want a damn thing to do with those kids even if it means smaller classes and a newer building.

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So the policy going forward is to deprive certain pyramids that don’t have “enough” ESOL/FARMS kids of capital resources until the families relocate to poorer pyramids or, more likely, pull their kids out of FCPS and either go private or leave the county?

Some do think that has been the implicit policy under the current School Board but it’s good to make it explicit before the next School Board elections in 2023. [/quote]

In a nutshell, yes.[/quote]

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