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Portable classrooms needed at Young for another year
July 27, 2010 Sun
By KATHY CICHON kcichon@stmedianetwork.com
With enrollment projected to increase again this year, the use of portable classrooms at Young Elementary School is necessary for another year.
On Monday the Indian Prairie Board of Education approved a resolution stating the need for the facilities. As procedure, the DuPage County Regional Office of Education requires school boards adopt a resolution for utilizing temporary facilities.
According to the resolution, the modular classrooms will be used at Young, 800 Asbury Drive, "for the 2010-2011 school year, the 2011-2012 school year, and until such time as the required classroom sections no longer exceed the building design."
The district is in the second year of a three year lease for the portable classrooms, said Todd DePaul, director of building operations for the district.
"The grade level sections are larger than building design, so we brought in two portable classrooms last year," he said. "They're to use as a temporary solution."
According to Martha Baumann, assistant superintendent of elementary leadership services, enrollment at Young is projected at 842 students for the upcoming school year. That figure is a projection and could change in the coming weeks before school starts.
"New registration and people moving out don't always present themselves before August," she said.
Last year the school year ended with 810 students. Two years ago, the enrollment was 782 students, she said.
"They went up approximately 30 two years ago and approximately 30 from this last year to now," Baumann said.
Young is the elementary school currently using portable classrooms. Like last year, the modular classrooms will house fourth grade students, DePaul said. But just because fourth grade is there doesn't mean that is the section that larger. This year almost all grade levels are larger, he said.
"The administration is monitoring the enrollment, and we'll make a permanent solution or decision by June of 2012," DePaul said.
Baumann said school officials will be studying enrollment figures to determine the reason for the increase.
"We'll look at subdivision breakouts and see if we can discover the patterns," she said. "But to the principal and school secretary at this point, an easy pattern isn't identified. It just happens to be an area feeling an
Portable classrooms needed at Young for another year
July 27, 2010 Sun
By KATHY CICHON kcichon@stmedianetwork.com
With enrollment projected to increase again this year, the use of portable classrooms at Young Elementary School is necessary for another year.
On Monday the Indian Prairie Board of Education approved a resolution stating the need for the facilities. As procedure, the DuPage County Regional Office of Education requires school boards adopt a resolution for utilizing temporary facilities.
According to the resolution, the modular classrooms will be used at Young, 800 Asbury Drive, "for the 2010-2011 school year, the 2011-2012 school year, and until such time as the required classroom sections no longer exceed the building design."
The district is in the second year of a three year lease for the portable classrooms, said Todd DePaul, director of building operations for the district.
"The grade level sections are larger than building design, so we brought in two portable classrooms last year," he said. "They're to use as a temporary solution."
According to Martha Baumann, assistant superintendent of elementary leadership services, enrollment at Young is projected at 842 students for the upcoming school year. That figure is a projection and could change in the coming weeks before school starts.
"New registration and people moving out don't always present themselves before August," she said.
Last year the school year ended with 810 students. Two years ago, the enrollment was 782 students, she said.
"They went up approximately 30 two years ago and approximately 30 from this last year to now," Baumann said.
Young is the elementary school currently using portable classrooms. Like last year, the modular classrooms will house fourth grade students, DePaul said. But just because fourth grade is there doesn't mean that is the section that larger. This year almost all grade levels are larger, he said.
"The administration is monitoring the enrollment, and we'll make a permanent solution or decision by June of 2012," DePaul said.
Baumann said school officials will be studying enrollment figures to determine the reason for the increase.
"We'll look at subdivision breakouts and see if we can discover the patterns," she said. "But to the principal and school secretary at this point, an easy pattern isn't identified. It just happens to be an area feeling an