I don't know about #1...

#2 sounds pretty typical. I have a bunch of computer monitors attached to nothing in my classroom. At least, I USED to- I now have computers, but they have no software on them or any apparent purpose.

#3- You should ask your coteacher/handler. They may not know yet. You will have some money, but it'll only be, like, $50.

At my old middle school, we hardly ever used the English classroom. All of the resources just went to waste. I was the last foreign teacher at that school, so I guess they just stopped caring.

At my elementary school, my office is the English room, and all of my classes are conducted here. Our smart board recently broke, but they bought a new touch screen TV instead. Not as nice, but still pretty great. I lucked out a bit at this school though, the principal used to be an English instructor, so she cares about this particular subject.

1. At two of the public schools where I used to work, yes.

2. Apart from the actual English classroom in the "English village" area, no -- we never used the "English village" area.

3. Yes, there should be some budget allotted for English-related stuff, but the amount may vary, depending on the school. Just ask your co-teacher about it.

My elementary school has an English classroom and I use it to teach all of my classes. My office is in the subject teacher's room, though, as the English room is also used for afterschool classes 3 days a week.

It's not super well taken care of, but it's not in shambles, either. There's a lot of stuff in there that's been there and not been used in the 3 years I've been at that school. We used to have 2 touch screens - one in the classroom and one in the hallway - but I never saw the one in the hallway ever used. I was told that it used to be turned on and had English shows or something playing, but the kids would always play with it as they walked by (duh!), so they ended up never turning it on. After I was here about 2 years, they finally took it down and it disappeared. We have 3 extra computers in the back that actually all work finally. We'll see how long that lasts.

Ok, i spent most of this past week cleaning and getting the english classroom into working order and aside from a strange smell that i cant pinpoint(They were using it to store random cleaning materials . . .) its surpasses my expectations.  So here's my next hurdle.  Im deeply jealous of Nebula.  I want to move my classes up there.  Here's some info on the school, please give me any tips you have and getting my classes to happen up there. 

Its a 4 floor school.  1 grade on 1 and 2.  3rd on 3rd.  and 2nd on 4th.  Teachers room is on the second.  I do have a set teaching schedule but it switches from week to week from 1st to 2nd grade.  I have the same 3rd grade classes all the time. 

Here is what i have so far for making my plea/plans
- since this year is almost over i figure i would try and start teaching up there next year.
- the english classroom has a better tech setup that i dont have to jury rig (Which i do for every other classroom i use.  one computer cant use flash drives or it shuts down . . .) 
- since its the same classroom i can have things prepared for each lesson such as visual props and things on the board
- right now we are using it for 3 hours a week and that seems like a waste of funds.  this place had to cost a butt load of money to get going and a year later(I found a recording of the staff having a meeting to explain the tech in the room) parts of it dont even work anymore (Like the 8 missing keyboards) and the rest just sits there. (There was a big screen tv and attached computer with some 15 pairs of wireless headphones just tucked in the back by the aforementioned cleaning supplies.  blegh. )
- pulling the kids out of their normal classes will help in getting them to focus
- it will put them in an english environment(All the signs and computers in the room are english . . . or they will be when i manage to get them all running again.)
- the computers and multiple stations (The room has a classroom area, green screen area, movie area, and book area with a computer station running down one side) allow me to separate classes more easily into groups for activities or stationed activities(A listening station, a reading station, a role playing station, etc, and it would only take the two of us to manage it. 

So those are some good points that i can think of.  Can anyone think of some arguments the school will have that i can get ready for now?

Oh also, I thought of this moments after posting, but English classes can get pretty noisy, so moving your class to a separate room would keep your classes from bothering the other classes!