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[quote=Anonymous]Tidy and functional is different than shiny and new. Some new stuck me as sterile. Some of the shine was strangely formal and unnecessary, like a hotel lobby. Older facilities could use updates, sure, but what's the trade-off? Tuition pays for teachers/program, but only with the help of additional annual fund $. Schools rely on separate capital campaigns to pay for facility upgrades. Schools prioritize different things based on donor-base priorities. Then schools with previously outdated sports/theater/student center facilities are later criticized for spending too much on the new sports/theater/student center facilities. Same with colleges -- we all complain about how much things cost yet we still want and the bells and whistles. PS -- Teenagers are messy and intentionally allowed to be more independent. I found that messiness to be more on display than I had expected at most of the high schools we visited.[/quote]
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