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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our principal moved the specials out to the trailers and put the grade-level classrooms back in the building. I don't know why more schools don't do that.[/quote] I am an elementary music teacher in FCPS. My first year back after taking a few years off with my children,  I was in a double trailer connected to the other music teacher. It was a nightmare for music. The wall between us was not soundproof. We are among the loudest subjects in the school. Drumming, Orff instruments, recorders, you get the idea. Dueling music classes all day long. Add to it that by moving Specials outside, literally every student in the school had to transition outside. It was especially problematic for younger grades and our self-contained special education classes who already take longer to transition. We went to our administrator at the end of the year and said that if she planned to keep us outside connected to each other, we would both be seeking transfers. We moved back inside the following year into the soundproof rooms that are made to house music class. The things I did like about being in the trailer was having windows and my own temperature control. One of the grade levels at that school school actually has been outside for many years, they like it. Generally administration decided that if trailers were a necessity, it’s less of a burden to have children only experience it 1 year. I do think that the Fairfax County really needs to take a look at redistricting in some of these areas. A neighboring school was under enrolled, while we were bursting at the seams.[/quote]

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