Back to School Redux

Originally posted on FITK September 3, 2010

The elementary school down the block from the Flippist World HQ was “re-assigned” this year, it is now a 6th-grade-only music and arts “magnet” school. They needed an addition, I was hoping it would be done with some sense of style, perhaps along these lines:


Montessori School, 1927


Wisconsin School, 1957


California School, 2000


Japanese School, 2004


Chinese School, 2009

This is what we got:


Minnesota School, 2010

Inspiring.

UPDATE: Ten years later there are more additions to this school, but they’re still drab: