What are people saying...

Teachers, Principal, School Administrators, students...
 
"It's a perfect environment for learning…everything the children need to get the most out of their educational opportunity. The kids are excited, they love coming here, they're proud of the school. Everything about it is incredible; the whiteboards eliminate the chalk dust, the air is clean, the temperature is perfect, it's all so comfortable. In the old school, my classroom was a hallway, with people constantly crossing in front as I tried to speak. We'd be really cold, but if you turned on the heat it would get so hot the students would get tired in the afternoon. In moving into the new school, we went from the 19th century straight to the 21st."
- Kim Cheney, Teacher, Boscawen Elementary School
 
"The Advantage Classroom concept that has been created at the Boscawen Elementary School is the best I've seen in my 40 years in public education, and I recommend it to school leaders throughout the nation."
- Dr. Richard Goodman Executive Director, New Hampshire School Administrators Association - Champions For Children
 

 
"It's light, it's bright, and the use of space is so efficient for us... I've already sensed a calmness in the new building that is wonderful. It's an environment that's going to enhance our educational efforts. We expect to take off and do some remarkable things. The environment we're now in will help us do that."
- Jane Lacasse Principal, Boscawen Elementary School
 
"The school is extremely innovative from an engineering viewpoint, yet it doesn't depart radically from the traditional educational environment that the school's planners sought. Despite the innovative engineering, its cost was equal, or possibly less than, other typical schools. Maintenance costs, such as heating, are expected to be lower, and even without air-conditioning, the building will even be cooler in spring and fall. Air quality, a problem that's plagued a number of our schools, will also be vastly improved."
- Dr. G.W. Porter, New Hampshire State Department of Education
 
"In order to have a good learning environment, you must have a learning environment that's conducive to education, and that means good air quality. Children don't learn well if they're too hot, too cold, or if the lack of fresh air leaves them drowsy. The Turner Group is doing wonderful things in this area."
- Ed Melanson, Superintendent of Schools, SAU #18

 
 
The EPA gave "The Advantage Classroom" an Environmental Merit Award for the indoor environment.
 
 
"A unique collaboration of school administrators, educators, architects, and construction managers bringing together in one place at one time state of the art components that are environmentally friendly and energy efficient."
- John P. DeVillars, Regional Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency