If a local school board commissions the design and construction of a new school, you can bet it’s because the community needs more classrooms. They wouldn’t be building it otherwise.
So, it’s in the best interest of the dollars allocated for a school construction project, and more importantly the students and faculty, that classroom design be focused on creating an optimal learning environment. If this goal is not forefront in the design process, then the students will likely be stuck with a subpar space and the teachers will have to work that much harder to overcome the poor design. Elements like natural lighting, indoor air quality, high-tech aids and acoustics each affect the physical space of any room. Ultimately, though, it is the built-in acoustics that will have the most profound effect on the learning.