"Funds eaten up by inefficient operations would be better spent on new or improved classrooms, more teachers, books and equipment."

I've taken on classrooms of 50 high-school boys at a time.

So he began roaming the halls and popping in on classrooms by himself.

Staff blamed their suffering health on classrooms being too small and ventilation so poor that they had to leave fire doors wedged open.

While focusing on classrooms, the report also examined student toilets.

In 1927, with $325,000 spent on additional classrooms, the school became more of a regular school than a summer school.

Schools have been promised increased funding every year, for the next four years, just as a demographic bulge puts pressure on primary classrooms.

And they put no additional demands on what is by far the biggest part of any county's budget - local classrooms.

The board is now "quizzing students to see why they have turned their backs on traditional classrooms."

There will be places where the first thing is to put a new roof on classrooms, or provide bathrooms.