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I'm not sure if my friend was joking with me or serious when he said that so many children are now going to school in trailers in The Raleigh Metro area, any truth to that? If so why? And when will this problem be corrected?
Wake County schools are overcrowded and many use trailers due to lack of classrooms. The growth here is fast and the county school system can't completely catch up. If the growth ever slows down, then maybe they can catch up....but there's little indication of that happening anytime soon.
I don't think this is a problem in the entire Triangle region...I haven't heard of schools in Durham or Orange counties having this problem, at least no where near as bad.
Even with the new schools...sometimes they have a few modular classrooms as soon as they open. So many people moving to the area! My daughter's middle school is in the process of re modeling the 8th grade hall so they set up a complete section of the school in the back. I tease her about going to school in a trailer. Do the kids care? No. They are more concerned with having the right back pack! Once you are actually in the hall...it just feels like a regular area of the school. The cafeteria is a bit crowded but kids just don't care. As long as my child keeps getting high scores on her tests and I feel like she is getting a great education...I can live with it! Vicki
This is certainly not an issue unique to NC or Wake County. Here in Northern VA, I would say probably 90% of all schools have trailers to accommodate all the students.
I know that at wakefield elementary school there were "modular classrooms" because of overcrowding. That school is going to be year round in the fall which is suppose to alleviate that overcrowding and need for the modulars. I do think the school board is addressing the issues, have made decisions to make more elementary schools year round to help alleviate the overcrowding.
Definitely a problem that is not unique to wake county! Although it is a great thing that people move here in droves, it also creates schools with overcrowding. Although I don't think it is as bad as some areas, I do think we are trying to be proactive about it.
Even with the new schools...sometimes they have a few modular classrooms as soon as they open. So many people moving to the area! My daughter's middle school is in the process of re modeling the 8th grade hall so they set up a complete section of the school in the back. I tease her about going to school in a trailer. Do the kids care? No. They are more concerned with having the right back pack! Once you are actually in the hall...it just feels like a regular area of the school. The cafeteria is a bit crowded but kids just don't care. As long as my child keeps getting high scores on her tests and I feel like she is getting a great education...I can live with it! Vicki
I think you are mistaken, at the least sugar coating the whole thing. I went to a school that had trailers as classrooms. It was not fun, and I would have prefered a building over one of those trailers any day. There was plenty of times when the heat didnt work in the winter, and the a/c didnt work in the spring. I remember the trailers themselves being crowded, heaven forbid there was a thunderstorm or windstorm in one of those. Not to mention its an eye sore. And most schools have atleast some trailers, visit North Meck one day.
There isn't a single school in wake county that doesn't have at least several trailers. And yes, there is in fact one school in Wake Forest that is made up completely of trailers (LOADS of controversy on that one, and not just because of it being a "modular school"). It's no exaggeration at all on your friend's account.
Many, many New Jersey schools also utilize trailers to ease the overcrowding. And the children don't seem to mind. I've worked in modular classrooms and they had the "feeling" of a typical classroom.
Many, many New Jersey schools also utilize trailers to ease the overcrowding. And the children don't seem to mind. I've worked in modular classrooms and they had the "feeling" of a typical classroom.
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Oh ok, when you say you "worked" in a modular classroom, are you a teacher or repair worker? Well I wont start an arguement, but I disagree about the use of trailers.
...And most schools have atleast some trailers, visit North Meck one day.
I thinkk the totale number of trailers, school board calls them "Learning Cotages", at Noth Meck when I graduated in '04 was 28. Has to be in the 30's or 40's now. And 4 of my 8 clases during my senior year were in them. And as mentioned the heat and a/c doesnt work. I could see my breathe a couple of days in the winter and was sweating on more than a few occasions during the spring. They are no way to teach students.
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