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2007 Capital Facilities Plan

Relocatable Classrooms

By August 2007, the District will own 46 portable classrooms. During plan years 2007, 2008, and 2009, the District expects to add 14 portable classrooms, making 76 total portable classrooms by August of 2011.

Portable classrooms are used to support the educational program in a variety of ways:

  • To provide extra instructional space on school sites when there is a regular teaching space need due to new enrollment.
  • To support the supplemental program offerings, such as music, computer labs, art, etc.
  • To provide interim teaching space for the regular program when repair/remodel construction is going on in the permanent facility.
  • To provide interim non-instructional space during repair/remodel construction.

Portable classrooms are also used for pull-out programs such as band, nurse's stations, or in-school suspension programs rather than permanent classroom space, because of the ease of supervision, flexibility of space arrangements, and the separation from the regular educational program. The capacity survey took these educational choices into consideration.

Currently four of the portables do not contain regularly scheduled classes. One portable is too small and does not meet code requirements for regular classroom use. Three classrooms are being used for special student programs, such as our Transitional Learning Program.