If you notice in the top two photos above there is a glass porch that runs along the south wall of all three buildings, a passive solar retrofit after the buildings were erected. The local education bureau contracted this job, and the work went to a non-Tibetan official’s relative. The work is poor, and in the top right photo (click for a larger copy) you can see a crack that runs from the top of the window across the corner. All the slabs that were poured between the original building and the raised footer are also cracked and the footers are in the process of sinking. In the summer of 2006 there was a flood at this school and the foundations were covered in water, though I am not sure for how long. As you can see, the plumb corners on the stone buildings attest to the integrity of the construction. The quick-money-to-buddy work is what was most negatively impacted. No surprise, really.