The Jamestown Elementary School PTA has fired off an angry letter to county officials after new relocatable classroom trailers were placed in a field near the school’s playground.

The PTA says the community was not consulted about the placement of the trailers, and that the loss of green space will be detrimental to the school.

“This lack of communication on the County’s part is disrespectful, rude, and flies in the face of the Arlington tradition of ‘respectful dialogue,’” the Jamestown PTA said in a letter addressed to the Arlington County School Board, Superintendent Dr. Patrick Murphy and the Arlington County Board.

The incident is similar to another recent controversy, in which parents at Tuckahoe Elementary School protested the placement of classroom trailers on the school’s playground blacktop. The temporary trailers have become increasingly necessary as Arlington Public Schools deals with a capacity crisis.

The PTA is requesting a meeting with the school board “before we are faced with a fait accompli.” An Arlington Public Schools spokesman has not responded to a request for comment. See the complete PTA letter, after the jump.

Dear Board Members:

We are writing this letter on behalf of the Jamestown Elementary School PTA concerning the delivery last week of relocatable classrooms to our school. While we understood that some remedial measures may be inevitable given the overcrowding issues facing our schools, we are asking that installation of these structures be halted immediately and that final installation be delayed until June 5 to allow the school and neighborhood communities to discuss with the County the location of these structures.

Despite whatever misgivings individuals may have about the desirability of relocatables (and there are many), we understand that it is necessary for the County to take measures to relieve the short-­