Why do we not reduce reliance on mobile classrooms as called for in planning assumptions adopted in September 2005?
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A: The goals established by the Board of Education and Board of Commissioners in September called for reducing the percentage of students housed in mobile or modular classrooms to 8 percent by 2012. In 2005, about 24 percent of elementary students, 15 percent of middle school students, and 14 percent of high school students were in classes in mobile or modular classrooms. More than 100 additional mobile or modular classrooms are being installed for the 2006-07 school year. Significant progress toward the goal would require at least three additional new elementary schools, two additional middle schools, and an additional new high school and add more than $250 million to the funding request. The current proposal reduces the percentage in elementary school to approximately 19 percent, increases the percentage in middle school to 18 percent and slightly increases the percentage in high schools to about 15 percent.