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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would not want my child in a classroom without natural light. Studies have shown that elementary school students in classrooms with the most daylight showed a 21% improvement 
in learning rates compared to students in classrooms with the least daylight. Here is the link

http://www.energy.ca.gov/2003publications/CEC-500-2003-082/CEC-500-2003-082-A-04.PDF

Research is also linking inside time to a higher rate of myopia. People see best in natural light. Florescent lightening, with the flickering on and off, can really bother some sensitive kids. As an adult I do much better the more I am exposed to natural sunlight.  What administrator thought it was OK to use a classroom with no windows. I bet the administrator's office has a window. [/quote]

If this is true, then the internal rooms shouldn't be used for full-time classrooms where the children spend most of the day.  I think it's one thing to use them for pull-outs and another to put children in it for most of the day.  It's too bad it's not as simple as adding a trailer to make up for the new class (whatever the grade).  It should be.[/quote]

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