Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 11:31:22 -0400
From: stinmar1
Subject: Dept of Education and temporary classrooms
Tom seams to think that these temporary classrooms are genius because our school system was able to add capacity with them . These have a finite life span since they are glorified mobile homes . They cost more per square feet to heat and cool than brick and mortar schools . In effect a bandaide on the problem that we DO NOT have sufficient schools to put all of our kids now .
The Dept of Education based its findings on the fact we can fit x number of kids to a classroom not whether the classroom was brick and mortar or cardboard and tin . What happens with the artificial comfort these reports give is we assume we are ok on classrooms until a few hundred more students arrive and the temporary classrooms become economically unfeasible to maintain . Our kids have to switch classes and go to lunch in the rain , cold , stormy weather and have less safety against severe storms as they have to abandon these classrooms to return to the main building in the event of a tornado . These are TEMPORARY classrooms not meant to be permanent to allow our schools to build more permanent structures to replace them .
What I foresee happening is all these new developments start up , our student body grows and we suddenly have to build new additions and schools to meet the states criteria and since that takes money taxes will skyrocket like they did in Wake county when the exact same thing happened . Developments do not pay enough money up front to the tax base to offset the expense they put on the system .
I never wanted to live in Wake county as I cant afford it and in another ten years I wont be able to afford to live here as taxes will take off to the moon. Goodnite Mark