Despite arguments from parents and students from around 70 school districts, a South Dakota circuit judge recently ruled the state's education funding system is fine the way it is. Still, people in many KELOLAND communities disagree.

The school building in Faith was condemned in 2004. Officials planned to rebuild, but set up seven trailers to get by.  Now, students and staff are wrapping up their fifth year with the crammed conditions.  Officials say the judge's ruling in this case will mean more time in what were supposed to be 'temporary' buildings.

Instead of taking hallways from class to class, students in Faith trek outside from trailer to trailer, in all types of weather.

"That's not uniform if we're forced to continue to operate out of these types of facilities," Superintendent Mel Dutton said.

Many students have no idea what a traditional school is like, and Superintendent Mel Dutton worries that if the state funding formula stays the way it is, some students may never know.

"Are we able to provide the same quality of education we could with a traditional school facility? I would say no," Dutton said.

The 21 seniors who are about to graduate next month have spent their entire high school careers in the trailers. They know the conditions better than anyone. One of those students gave a deposition during the trial.

"It is frustrating not being able to have been in an actual school building in the last four years," senior Shawnee Price said.

Price says classrooms are crowded and teachers are easily heard through the double-wide's thin walls. She also says it's distracting and a hassle to walk outside between classes.

"We do have adequate education; it's just not the best possible education. It gets us by for now, but it's not the ultimate best," Price said.

Without a boost in funding, the trailers are the best the school can do.

Attorney Scott Abdallah, who represents the parents and students who filed the lawsuit, has until the end of May to submit corrections or objections to the judge's ruling. Once the official ruling is signed, the appeals process can officially begin. Abdallah is planning to appeal if the decision stands.