Virginia students learn in trailers while state offers Amazon huge tax breaks

The state’s teachers plan to strike over funding, low pay and tax breaks given to the tech firm As freezing rain poured down on Virginia la... thumbnail 1 summary

The state’s teachers plan to strike over funding, low pay and tax breaks given to the tech firm

As freezing rain poured down on Virginia last week, a student dressed in only a light red sweater made a mad 40-yard dash from her modular trailer classroom across the parking lot into the warmth of McLean high school in Fairfax county.

Due to overcrowding, more than 22,000 students in Fairfax county receive their education in cheaply constructed plywood trailers, often with visible signs of green mold, like those parked next to the baseball fields next to McClean high school.

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from US news | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2UmkFyG

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