By Alexis Larsen, Reagan Feld, and Sadie Finn<\/p>\n
The T.C. Williams King Street campus was built to hold 2,500 students. 3,503 students are currently enrolled in the school. Because of the increasing overcrowding in the building,\u00a0T.C. Williams purchased six trailers, known as villas, as a potential solution.<\/span><\/p>\n The villas, which house the foreign languages department, were not ready before the start of the school year, thus the classes that would have been in the villas had to be temporarily relocated to other classrooms throughout the building during the first few weeks of school. Bridget Tomich, a French teacher, said, \u201cWe started the year, we did three weeks of being in five different classrooms. That was terrible\u2026 I do not know how people do it, people are still doing it now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The naming of the \u201cvillas\u201d was controversial, especially in the eyes of Justin Redpath, the Latin teacher. In the Ancient Roman days, Redpath said that \u201cvillas\u201d were the \u201chome[s] of the well-to-do, the rich, often noble person\u2026\u201d Redpath is vehement about the naming of the \u201cvillas\u201d as their name is technically incorrect. \u201cTo call the trailers \u2018villas\u2019 is condescending and insulting to those who may be forced to occupy them,” said Redpath.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n However, after the villas arrived, they have been mostly advantageous. The villas <\/span>have not affected the learning or teaching that occurs within them. Sophomore Maddie Allen, who takes Spanish in the villas said, \u201cIt is not too different in the sense that you still have a classroom, you still have desks, you have most of the stuff you would normally have in a regular classroom.\u201d Senior Kellie Bowman, who takes French in the villas agreed, \u201cIt is not really different, I still feel like a part of the school, it is just a different location.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Similarly, the villas have not affected the tardy rates of the students, although some students have to walk farther than others. Sophomore Jasmine Del Cid Reyes, who takes Spanish in the villas, said, \u201cI have to run from the third floor.\u201d Allen said, \u201cI come from the third floor every day, it is kind of a hike sometimes.\u201d However, the extra minutes help ensure that the students make it on time. Sophomore Erik Jacobsen, who has Spanish in the villas, said, \u201cThe seven minutes actually does help get a lot of things done.\u201d Redpath noted that student tardy rates had actually decreased from last year, and said, \u201cThe fact that they know they have to travel a bit farther than normal gives them a sense of urgency to their pace.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n One advantage of being outside is that some of the classes integrate the outdoors into their classroom. Tomich gets to \u201cto open the windows\u201d and doors to her classroom and let the air in. Tomich said, \u201cwe were doing speaking exercises and people<\/span>\u00a0could go outside on the deck, in the sunshine, and just spread out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n However, the villas are very inconsistent. In some of the villas, the heating and cooling is functioning and consistent. Redpath said, \u201cI can control my own thermostat to a specific degree of temperature, unlike classrooms in the main building.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>However, some of the villa\u2019s heating and cooling systems are sub-par. Sophomore Charlotte Despard, who takes Spanish in the villas, said, \u201cit is permanently 85 degrees in there.\u201d Junior Nathan Huguley, a classmate of Despard\u2019s, agreed, saying, \u201cthe temperature outside determines the temperature inside.\u201d<\/p>\n The wireless internet in the villas is also inconsistent. In some villas, the wi-fi seems to be better functioning than it is inside of the building. Tomich said, \u201cone day a couple of weeks ago the wi-fi was out inside and we never knew that.\u201d However, in other villas, the wi-fi is much slower. Allen said, \u201cthe wi-fi is not great out here all the time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Despard said, \u201cThe whole concept of the trailers is hot and cold.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Alexis Larsen, Reagan Feld, and Sadie Finn The T.C. 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