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District outlines $48,000 classroom‑furniture pilot and multimillion‑dollar rollout plan for high schools
Summary
Administrators presented a three‑kit pilot for flexible classroom furniture priced at $47,989.61, to be rotated among the district’s three comprehensive high schools as the district considers a broader rollout estimated at about $6 million over multiple years.
Plymouth‑Canton Community Schools administrators presented a pilot program to test flexible classroom furniture designed for “agile” learning environments and told the board the pilot purchase would total $47,989.61.
The pilot would place one furnished classroom kit at each of the district’s three comprehensive high schools; during the evaluation period, the kits would rotate so each high school experiences each layout. The pilot kits are intended to test three distinct approaches to classroom flexibility — combinations of individual desks, group tables, standing‑height tables, writable surfaces and soft seating — and to gather feedback from teachers and students before larger purchases.
TMP Architecture and Versus America presented the proposal; the…
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