Term: Portable
Your definition or explanation: Portables are temporary buildings used as classroom space by overcrowded schools.
Example: When I was in seventh grade, all my classes were in portables.
One or more places you have seen the term:
Despite the drawbacks, many teachers don't seem to mind working in a portable, Waters said.
http://timesfreepress.com/news/2011/dec/01/short-term-solution-overcrowded-schools-sale-creek/?print
We want to hear about your experiences as a teacher or student having a class in a portable.
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/20...e-memories-posterous_1_portable-hate-memories
Have you looked for this term or meaning in dictionaries, and not found it? Yes __x__ No ___
Your definition or explanation: Portables are temporary buildings used as classroom space by overcrowded schools.
Example: When I was in seventh grade, all my classes were in portables.
One or more places you have seen the term:
Despite the drawbacks, many teachers don't seem to mind working in a portable, Waters said.
http://timesfreepress.com/news/2011/dec/01/short-term-solution-overcrowded-schools-sale-creek/?print
We want to hear about your experiences as a teacher or student having a class in a portable.
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/20...e-memories-posterous_1_portable-hate-memories
Some members of the Resident Owners Association say the schools are breaking their end of the bargain with the city, and that the portables are not only ugly, they restrict access to public spaces.
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/ne...k-elementary-portables-are-there-to-stay.html
If portables don’t return to Highland Park ISD campuses a year from now, you can be sure they’ll be back in two years.
http://www.parkcitiespeople.com/2011/10/17/count-on-seeing-portables-within-two-years/
Have you looked for this term or meaning in dictionaries, and not found it? Yes __x__ No ___
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