• Ignisnex
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    3311 months ago

    In our town, one of the schools was just built 5 years ago. They built it without classrooms. Not a single one. They had a gym, common areas, admin offices, IT infrastructure (office with a server room became the councillors office and the IT guy needs to ask permission to use it lol), bathrooms and library. They designed it so it could be made entirely with portables. From the onset.

    • @mojofrododojo
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      811 months ago

      They designed it so it could be made entirely with portables.

      wtf…

      • Ignisnex
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        711 months ago

        Right? To be fair, they used some of the nicest portables I’ve ever seen. Two portables to a class, windows, a semi permanent foundation, plumbing, HVAC hookup, networking, the works. I had to install WAPs in the drop tile, and it was not the worst thing I’ve had to do there.

    • @[email protected]
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      611 months ago

      My charter school operated similarly to this. In a sense it’s kinda smart on dwindling budgets. If the portables are decent enough it allows the school to rearrange or expand without massive construction/demolition costs.

      In the end most classrooms don’t need a whole lot, right?

      Speculation, of course. Just for once I hope there’s not some evil cynical reason behind the way things are done lol .