By Ben Conant - May 22, 2012 | 0 comments

<em>Meaghan Nyhan, 9</em><br />“Bigger classrooms.”

<em>Camden Richards, 9 </em><br />“A place to play hockey.”

<em>Camden Richards, 9 </em><br />“A place to play hockey.”

<em>Seth Corcoran, 10</em><br />“A swimming pool.”

<em>Allyson Leuci, 10</em><br />“A lot of colors.”

<em>Aiden Desjardins, 10</em><br />“A koala bear, and a big eucalyptus tree.”

<em>Haley Hildreth, 10</em><br />“A better cafeteria.”

<em>James Shea, 10</em><br />“An elevator.”

<em>Autumn Nudd, 9</em><br />“Bigger classrooms.”

<em>Cade Stewart, 10</em><br />“Hallways that don’t echo when you fart.”

<em>Ana Goble, 10</em><br />“More colorful classrooms.”

<em>Jake Sheehy, 10</em><br />“Bigger food portions.”

<em>Zak Walter, 9</em><br />“Higher chairs, because I feel short in these.”

<em>Trinity Nugent, 10</em><br />“A fancy art room.”

<em>Ronan McGonigle, 10</em><br />“A pet monkey in every classrom.”

<em>Myana Keusch, 10</em><br />“Better food for lunch, because the food here doesn’t taste good.”

<em>Alden Martin, 9</em><br />“White walls I can paint, because they let fifth-graders paint them.”

<em>Kaylie Warren, 9</em><br />“A bigger cafeteria.”

<em>Clay Burgess, 9</em><br />“An elevator.”

<em>William Griffith, 10</em><br />“Newer and better computers. I read the copyright dates on these ones and it says 1985.”
We asked these Conant fourth-graders what features they hope to find in the newly-constructed Abbot-Downing Elementary School, which replaces Conant next year.