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The theory-based program presented in this paper can be considered a paradigm, a model to investigate how school buildings influence their users. The paradigm consists of a series of relationships that explain how school authorities are responsible for the condition of the school building and how the condition of the school building influences faculty, administrators, parents, and students. Further, it explains how the condition of the building influences the attitudes and achievement of the students who attend school in the building. Theory in the field of educational administration is used to try to explain, in the absence of empirical evidence, how humans and organizations behave. The theoretical model used in this paradigm tries to explain human phenomena related to how the physical environment influences humans. The model explains how school buildings come to be in their current conditions and how the conditions then influence school staff, parents, and students.