Friends community school in Maryland is an unusual school. It look like a normal school, but it's not. There are 4,000 bales of straw in the school walls!!
Straw comes from plants like wheat. It is a waste product-people usually throw away the straw. straw building are "green"- this means they are good for The environment. Every year, new plants grow to make straw. This saves trees. Straw is cheap, too.
the students and teachers like their straw school. The straw saves energy, too. Straw building are cool in summer and warm in winter.