When the Time Comes for New School Furniture
Being the administrator for a school is no easy task, it seems that every year the school board expects you to do more despite the fact that the budget keep shrinking. Despite the fact that the number of students per class is getting bigger due to the latest rounds of cost cutting teacher layoffs, there still is not enough money to go around. When the time comes to buy new school furniture, you are going to have to take a very serious look at the way this type of purchase was handled in the past so that you can avoid making the same costly mistakes in the future.
As a student you probably never gave much thought to the furniture in your school, it was just there every year. If it was new, chances are good you never really noticed and this is the case with most of us. However, had that same furniture been old, worn out and falling apart, you probably would have been unable to forget it. This is human nature as we tend to not notice so much when things are good, but when they are bad, we never forget.
Today’s students are no different in this respect than you were all those years ago. They still have feelings and emotions, both of which can be significantly affected by the environment that they are going to spending so many hours of their lives in. If you leave them in classrooms that are dull, boring and filled with poor furniture, their grades are sure to show it as well as the level of absenteeism.
If on the other hand you take the time and effort to create classrooms that are bright and cheerful, this will reflect in the way your students feel when they are sitting in class. Your teachers will find that their students are far more attentive and that their attitudes and grades will reflect in a much more positive light. There is more to creating a comfortable and productive classroom than just adding a fresh coat of paint to the walls.
You need to provide chair and desks that are not only relatively comfortable for your students, but actually fit them. Far too many schools seem to think that all students must be of the same size, shape and dimension. With this in mind they order what they consider to be a generic one size fits all chair and desk combination. Whether separate pieces or an all in one unit, it really does not matter as students do not come in one generic standard size.
When you get ready to order new school furniture, you are going to need to take a close look at the different age groups of students and do your best to order furniture that is going to most accurately reflect these age groups. You may even find that you have to order a few larger and a few smaller sets to accommodate those children who do not seem to be quite average in size. The more comfortable your students are, the less likely they will be to fidget and this means that they are paying more attention to the teacher.
Working on a tight budget does not mean that you have no choice but to stick to buying cheap, poorly made furniture for your classrooms. In fact, you will find that if you shop this way, you are really going to be wasting your money, which is something no one can afford. At the same time you cannot afford to order the most expensive school furniture either. You are going to have to spend a little time online searching for a company that sells top quality school furniture that is made to take the abuse of several years in a classroom, at prices that are going to fit into your shrinking budget.
You should also be looking for a school furniture company that offers a wide selection of furniture. The idea is for you to find one company that you can buy everything you need from. This will allow you to build up a relationship with the company that can help you to continue to save money in the years to come. At Integrity Furniture we can provide you with top quality products as well as an uncompromising relationship to ensure that you get the furniture that you need for your school at the prices that you can afford.
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