32 Years of Kids in Classroom Trailers @mcps

One of the huge problems with "planning" in Montgomery County is that our local government officials and administrators don't actually do any. "Planning" discussions often revolve around rumor, gossip and maybe even a dart board. 

MCPS Classroom Trailer

Today, let's put out a fact. 
Montgomery County Public Schools has been using classroom trailers as their solution for bad planning for over 32 years.

Classroom trailers aren't new and they aren't the result of recent enrollment or curriculum changes. 

The Montgomery County Board of Education has consistently failed to plan for children to attend public school inside brick and mortar buildings for over 32 years.

Why would our officials leave children in trailers for 32 years?  One reason is that classroom trailers make excellent backdrops for press conferences crying for "more money."

June 14, 1983, Montgomery County Board of Education meeting minutes:

...plans and specifications entitled "Relocation of Portable Classroom Buildings," dated May 12, 1983, prepared by the Department of School Facilities (Portables to be relocated as follows: Randolph Junior High to Broad Acres Elementary (2 rooms),
Fox Chapel Elementary (4 rooms), Germantown Elementary (4 rooms),
Kennedy High (6 rooms), and Wheaton High (2 rooms); Farquhar Middle
to Banneker Junior High (4 rooms); Montgomery Village Junior High to
Rockville High (2 rooms); Gaithersburg Junior High and Travilah
Elementary to White Oak Junior High (3 rooms), and WhetstoneElementary to Redland Middle (1 room)...