In place of book stacks, Cushing is spending $42,000 on three large flat-screen TVs that will project data from the Internet and $20,000 on special laptop-friendly study carrels. Where the reference desk was, they are building a $50,000 coffee shop that will include a $12,000 cappuccino machine.

Headmaster James Tracy talked about the school's decision to remove books from the Fisher-Watkins Library.