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Regarding the mobile classrooms you wrote about in a recent issue, is it true that Northwest Guilford High School has the most trailers of any school in the county?
We confirmed with Guilford County Schools (GCS) that you are correct.
There are 24 classroom trailers on Northwest Guilford High School’s campus, putting it ahead of secondplace Northeast Guilford High School, which has 20 trailers, according to GCS spokesman Janson Silvers.
Countywide, schools are using 464 trailers for classrooms.
The majority of the trailers at NWHS are 1996-1998 models, with the oldest one dating back to 1995 and the newest to 2005, Silvers said in an email last week.
The oldest trailers have exceeded the manufacturer’s life expectancy and the newest ones are approaching it. The life expectancy is “typically 20 to 25 years, depending on how they are maintained,” Silvers said.
The oldest trailer in the school
district – a 1972 model – belongs to the Newcomers School, originally Guilford Primary School, on Friendway Drive in Greensboro, the spokesman said.
Last month’s article that accompanied the photos of the trailers explained that schools in northwestern Guilford County didn’t make the list of GCS facilities slated for $300 million in repairs and upgrades from the sale of bonds.
Bond sale spending is “starting with schools in the worst condition and then working through the list,” said Nora Carr, GCS’ chief of staff.
The $300 million in improvements will be “the first step in a multi-step process” addressing more than $2.6 billion in capital needs identified by a master facilities plan in 2019, Carr wrote in a recent email to the Northwest Observer.
The district’s staff is talking to county commissioners, community leaders and others about putting another bond issue on the ballot to pay for additional school improvements, Carr told the school board in March.
Eventually, GCS plans to remove all of the classroom trailers countywide as part of improvements, Carr said. As projects get underway, some trailers will be needed to accommodate students temporarily displaced during construction and renovation. truly say that when I leave to go out of town or am not at the station due to meetings, I do not worry about anything there because I know it is in great hands with Assistant Chief Daniels.”
Daniels has worked for Summerfield Fire District for about 10 ½ years, after serving as a volunteer since she was 14 years old. Over the past three years, she has advanced to the rank of assistant chief. She’s responsible for the district’s public education and car seat programs while serving as the incident commander during weekdays. Earlier, she served as captain of administration.
Daniels was already an award winner when she was named the state’s Fire Officer of the Year in a ceremony May 21. Previously, she was recognized as N.C. Firefighter of the Year and winner of the Guilford County’s chief award.
She met her husband, Kirk Daniels, in 2005 when they were participating in a firefighting exercise and later the same day responded to a structure fire in Summerfield. They married 10 months later.
At that time, Kirk was a county fireman; he’s now a Greensboro firefighter. The couple has two children – Lizzie, 9, and Noah, 6.
The younger child appears headed in the direction of his parents, according to his mother. Noah “is just eaten up with the fire department,” she said.
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