About 30 parents at an east-end elementary school pulled their kids out of school this morning to protest an aging port-a-pac building they say should be replaced, not repaired.

Parents at Secord Elementary are demanding that the TDSB replace a group of portables -- called a port-a-pac -- they say should be replaced. (Google Maps)

The group of students were removed from class by their parents at Secord Elementary — located near Danforth Avenue and Main Street — to protest the state of the structure they say has been in use for 20 years.

Parents say they're frustrated at the Toronto District School Board's unwillingness to replace a water-damaged group of portables connected by a common hallway.

Some students chanted "take away the portables" and held signs as they left their classrooms just after 10 a.m.

Heather Tormey, co-chair of the school's parents' council, appeared on Metro Morning Friday and said parents are trying to convince the TDSB that the building should be replaced, not repaired with a new roof as planned.

"We're stuck between the TDSB and the province, looking for funding," Tormey told host Matt Galloway. "The province is saying they have high expectations of the TDSB and the TDSB is saying they simply don't have enough money."

Images posted on the school's parent council blog show walls and ceilings with water damage. Parents are concerned about the presence of mould, though the TDSB has said the building has been inspected and is safe.

Tormey said parents are tired of patchwork solutions to a group of portables that she says are overdue for replacement.

"It's just lipstick," Tormey said of the planned repairs. "It does not fix the problem."