By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer
The school district found room for two additional classrooms at Princeton High School by deciding to move offices of two academic departments outside in portable units.
The change affects about 30 teachers in the world language and social studies departments, said PHS Principal Gary Snyder on Monday. He said they occupy two spaces “that essentially are the size of a classroom.”
Snyder said the trailers are not on campus yet but are due to arrive in time for the start of school. He said they would be located by Houghton Road, and mean the loss of a couple of parking spaces.
Converting the offices will bring PHS to close to 90 classrooms, in a high school where enrollment is not declining, Snyder said.
This step, to alleviate a space crunch, comes with district looking more long term about how best to accommodate a student population that is forecast to grow. The district is expected to include an addition to PHS as part of the upcoming facilities bond referendum that will go before Princeton voters in March.
