The lab offers a variety of hands-on learning opportunities for eligible high school and postsecondary students. At right, the new lounge for taking a break. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. With a fresh coat of paint and hew hands-on learning equipment, BFAIR s Learning Lab is open and expanded. Our goal is to get more students in and to get that hands-on experience they really deserve, Director of Employment Services Becky McAllister said at the Learning Lab open house Wednesday. Before we really didn t have the space for it. This is a fun bright colorful space. The program is open to high school and post-secondary students ages 14 to 22 with a documented disability. The goal is to equip students with the skills they need to enter the post high school world.