More Portables for Surrey Students
Posted September 4, 2012 4:14 am.
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SURREY (NEWS1130) – As kids head back to school today, more students will find that they will be learning in portables instead of classrooms this year.
Roughly 265 portables will be used for teaching and that’s about a dozen more than 2011 says Doug Strachan with the Surrey School District.
“We had about 255 portables in use for educational purposes, you know for space needs in schools, and this year we expect about ten or maybe a dozen more than that,” explains Strachan.
He says about four dozen new elementary school classrooms were built last year and eight more will be added in the fall, but that’s not enough.
“More buildings are coming but I think the board Chair would, and has told the Minister that more is needed as well so that lobbying continues,” adds Strachan. “While we’re making some good progress on that front, we’re still in need of portables this year.”
With the increasing number of students seen in the last few years, he says the district is playing catch up.
