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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Terra Centre[/quote]

[b]Is that the school where it's underground and has no windows[/b]?[/quote]

That school always fascinates me, especially when they started digging up the front this summer.  Not to derail the discussion, but how did they start school this year with half of the front missing?[/quote]

Is it like the hatch from LOST?[/quote]

It is this:

http://www.google.com/search?q=terra+centre+elementary&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=cxs5Uru-HYSW2AWqzoGYCA&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=658&dpr=1#facrc=_&imgrc=l1zT8KDfVX2wDM%3A%3BkdjfXO1zeQbb8M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fphotos.wikimapia.org%252Fp%252F00%252F01%252F70%252F74%252F28_big.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwikimapia.org%252F505019%252FTerra-Centre-Elementary-School%3B640%3B480

When we drive by, my kids always ask how they go to school without windows :)[/quote]

I'd go crazy not seeing the light of day for 7 hours a day. Under all that flurouscent lighting. I'm surprised nobody has protested this. It might have a rain garden on it's roof, but doesn't seem very earthy otherwise.[/quote]

There are windows in the school.  The school is only built into the ground.  It's not completely underground. I was very impressed by how light and bright it was in there when we first visited.  The renovations are going to make it one of the most modern, "green (I think it's going to be LEED certified? not sure about that)" schools in the nation. 
The school community is very warm and the teachers are great.  Scouts, basketball, PTA -- everything is very welcoming and inclusive.  We love it there![/quote]

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