Wednesday, July 13, 2011

If the state offered you blueprints to build a school in your community, would you take them?

With limited budgets, it makes sense for school boards to set up reasonable design plans for schools. And if they are going to standardize that design, one hopes that they would use wise planners who have a knowledge of practical and productive school designs, appropriate to various age levels and population sizes, and that they would project population growth and design adequate structures. This makes all the difference! I'm sure you’d have to look at the actual design before making the decision. Perhaps I have too much faith in the bureaucracy in saying that, but I think this plan could work, especially if minor adjustments could be made. If designs lacked proper lighting upon construction, or if the school was designed for a special arts program or to support special education needs, it would need to have appropriate components to the facility. The teachers and the teaching materials, of course, contribute to the overall success of the school, but without an adequate facility and a good learning environment, including desks, laboratories, study areas, classrooms, and well-lit, well-ventilated classrooms, the students can suffer. Some classrooms are still trailers or are overcrowded. So ready-made, cost effective facilities could be a great answer to the problem, as long as they are designed by those who have knowledge of how to build good learning environments in the first place!

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