What's Up With That?

Four new trailers are being built on the South Lakes Drive side of .

Three years after a multimillion dollar expansion and renovation, is the school jostling for more space already? Most schools are, says principal Bruce Butler.

The renovation and expansion, which was completed in 2008, also coincided with school boundary changes and overall area student population growth, which boosted enrollment at South Lakes from about 1,300 to next year's projection of 2,250.

 "Almost all schools on the western side of the county are over capacity due to greater than expected growth," South Lakes principal Bruce Butler said in an email. "Herndon is at 108 percent capacity, Madison is at 98 percent capacity, Marshall 103 percent, Chantilly 102 percent, Oakton 108 percent, SLHS and Westfield are both at 101 percent. So we all have more students that predicted several years ago. The trailers will provide us some additional instructional space."

The trailers will likely be used for world language classes, Butler said.

Note: an earlier version of this story said 2011-12 enrollment would be 1,860. The correct enrollment number is estimated to be 2,250.