He concluded by saying that he would not have been able to bare his feelings to this extent in a conventional classroom.

It costs less than $6,500 to educate a student in a conventional classroom, while each special education student costs $18,705, school figures indicate.

"We anticipate that in a conventional classroom with windows and with lower ceilings this lighting will be more effective," he said.

In a conventional classroom there can be as much as 40 points I.Q. difference and an 80% difference in reading ability.

Taylor was interested in anything that moved away from or subverted the linearity and abstractness of the conventional classroom.

The 33,000-square-foot facility has 22 conventional classrooms and a 200-seat lecture/multimedia hall that serves as a theater for small performances.

The school was also originally built featuring many open areas in addition to conventional walled classrooms, but most of these spaces were closed by the 1990s.

But some experts say the video and computer technologies available outside the schools could mean less need for conventional classrooms in the future.

There will be conventional classrooms and lockers on the second floor and, off the theme, a separate lab for nursing-school students.

It is to be regretted that teachers dwell disproportionately on the first of these conventional classroom for the sake of a permanent record.