yeah, unless you updated with school orientated images and other media types it's way too artsy..
i think before you start web designing the best thing to do is research other school websites, and business things..
the best designers find areas of a design where isn't in direct connection but can be intergrated with the design..
for instance robs schoolw website.. white background.
my college website is a white background http://www.ntc.ac.uk/ my high school website the same http://www.altrinchamcollege.com/
education falls under business nowadays and colour falls under art aesthetically where as business is plain depending on the business
whether it's professional or other. plain colours represent business well because business is about business not art.. this is because there's a divide in peoples mind there are business orientated thoughts and creative orientated thoughts.
and ughh i can't verbalise well what i mean but hopefully adam could rectify my paragraph into something more understandable as i feel he understands what i mean being an established web designer, to me anyway