West Rowan Elementary Creates Modern, Engaging Learning Spaces When Woodleaf Elementary and Cleveland Elementary consolidated to form West Rowan Elementary School in 2019, both predecessor schools were already proponents of alternative classroom seating as part of the instructional process. Students had various seating options to choose from. “It wasn’t all just desks and chairs,” says Kristine Wolfe, Principal, West Rowan Elementary School, which is part of the Rowan-Salisbury School District in Cleveland, N.C. Teachers at the 625-student school were onboard with the alternative seating approach from the outset and used their creativity to blend a modern classroom approach with an aging building. “Making sure it wasn’t ‘one-size-fits-all’ was a priority for us,” says Wolf

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