Portable classrooms cut back

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Schools are reducing their reliance on portable classrooms for the 2010-11 year, despite enormous student enrollment.

Montgomery County has 415 temporary classrooms to handle overcrowding, down from 437 in 2009-10. The majority — 376 — supplement elementary schools. “That’s where we have the biggest crowding issue,” spokesman Dana Tofig said.

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