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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A good teacher can teach kids in a shed. Nice facilities are great and all but I really didn’t care as much about the facilities as much as the teachers and faculty. However I do love a good playground but the school building and classrooms... not so important to me. I love a classroom that looks lived in and loved- lots of the children’s work displayed etc. Don’t judge a book by its cover. Shiny facility doesn’t always mean it’s the best.[/quote]

I agree with this and have said similar things myself. My kids went to a never-renovated, poorly maintained, public school that frankly was a bit of a death trap. But the people and the teachers made it a wonderful place to be and my kids got a great education. Now that it has been renovated though, the teachers and parents who were there for both phases will readily point out what a huge difference a nice, functioning building makes in ways they never really could have imagined before. So I wouldn't turn down a wonderful school due to poor facilities, but all things being equal on the education front, I'd look closer a the nicer building. Also  classroom that looks "lived in" can also be a subtle distraction or sometimes a huge distraction - visual noise, if you will. Same with poor lighting.[/quote]

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