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is this an american thing?
And Canadian.
never seen these in my life in canada. huh
Plenty in Toronto.
As with anything, depends where you are.
Grew up in a town that experienced a flood of new residential developments and schools that couldn't keep up with capacity. So for several years, until new schools were finished being built to serve the influx of new families, these would show up to increase capacity.
If you lived somewhere that hasn't had any real change in population size for several decades, these probably aren't present.
interesting, thanks for the input
We have them in America but I don't think they are exclusive to here. Due to urban sprawl, the population of suburbs can grow faster than they can build new schools. A quick solution is adding temporary buildings like these