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Wichita Public Schools District Expands Partnership with School Specialty to Bring More Modern, 21st Century Learning Spaces to Students
Wichita Public Schools District Expands Partnership with School Specialty to Bring More Modern, 21st Century Learning Spaces to Students.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n GREENVILLE, Wis., May 22, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- School Specialty, Inc. (OTCQB:SCOO) (“School Specialty”, “SSI” or “the Company”), a leading distributor of supplies, furniture and both curriculum and supplemental learning resources to the education, healthcare and other marketplaces, is excited to announce today the completion of a major classroom renovation project at L’Ouverture Career Explorations and Technology Magnet School in Wichita, Kansas. As part of a push by the Wichita Public Schools District to create a forward-thinking, more flexible and collaborative learning environment for 21st century education, the L’Ouverture and School Specialty teams worked closely over the last year to outfit a total of 18 classrooms for K-5 with innovative furniture and media technology solutions. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Soft seating, cafe units and rocker stools now populate classrooms.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n A photo accompanying this announcement is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/eb6ef406-b1c1-4f63-94f8-3857f2b00e2b For the initial 2016 project, School Specialty and its Projects by Design (PbD) group focused on modeling two classrooms at L’Ouverture (second and fifth grades). This included installing flexible and mobile seating options that could transform the traditional and typically rigid environment into a more modern setting, adaptable to different teaching and learning styles. The versatile furnishings were so well received by faculty and students that the district expanded the project to another sixteen K-5 classrooms, as well as the library in 2017. Following a federal grant secured by the district’s magnet schools department, a portion was designated for classroom enhancements, with the objective of supporting a “deskless” environment that promoted more student movement for learning and enabling teachers to utilize various instructional methods for greater collaboration, communication, creativity and critical-thinking. At L’Ouverture, they wanted students to have the option to sit where it was most conducive for their learning – and not be restricted by the stationary desk and chair layout typical of a traditional classroom setting. This could only be achieved with the app...