Portable classrooms a workable solution

May 12, 2008

In articles about school overcrowding, parents regularly decry the use of portable classrooms at crowded schools ("In Towson, pleas for 5th school," May 4).

The use of portable classrooms always seems to exemplify the dire straits a school is in. But portable classrooms seem to me to be a perfect solution to school crowding.

They are usually more private and more modern than most school buildings.

They demand no more land and very little additional infrastructure for new classroom space.

And that means that vital taxpayer funds can be used for education rather than to build school facilities.

Also, any new school would require the relocation of at least some children from their current school. Many parents surely would not like the disruption involved in relocating their kids to a new school, perhaps one farther from home with a whole new set of issues to confront.

And, finally, when the current baby bulge has dissipated, those temporary classrooms can be removed, and the county would not be left with excess property.

Christopher P. Brown

Baltimore

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Portable classrooms a workable solution

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