Kids who never raised a hand in class are now the ones who won't leave at the bell.

Tom Okafor

STEM Coordinator

Jefferson Middle School, Portland OR

Jefferson's 6th-through-8th graders now have a 1,100 sq ft makerspace where the furniture itself is a teaching tool. Acid-resistant benchtops double as whiteboards. The soldering stations fold flat when the room shifts to presentation mode. Tom pushed for the polycarbonate partition wall — 'I want every student walking by to see what's possible.'

The fume hood placement alone changed how I teach. That's not a renovation — that's a pedagogical shift.

Dr. Priya Nair

Head of Science

Westlake Preparatory Academy, Austin TX

Westlake's new wet lab was designed around a single constraint: every student must be able to run a titration, view a live microscopy feed on the ceiling-mounted display, and reach an eyewash station within four steps. The result is a room where the safety infrastructure is also the workflow. Two Class II biosafety cabinets, ducted through the cinder block to the roof, handle anything up to BSL-2.

I brought the board a rendering at 8 AM and had unanimous approval by 9:15. The drawings made the case I couldn't make in words.

Marcus Webb

Director of Facilities

Horizon Charter Network, Denver CO

Horizon needed a fabrication wing that could be replicated across twelve sites without losing what makes it special. The solution was a modular equipment grid — every machine sits on a standardized utility column carrying power, data, and compressed air. When Horizon opens campus #4 in Boulder next fall, the same drawings ship with a $15K cost reduction baked in from bulk procurement.