This article talks about a new school built, which is called "School of the Future," which was born of a partnership between the Philadelphia public schools and the world's leading software-maker, Microsoft Corp. A gleaming white building on the edge of a blighted West Philadelphia neighborhood, the $62 million school garnered wide attention when it opened this month, in part because of its technological bells and whistles. Those futuristic features include a tablet personal computer for each student, interactive digital whiteboards, a supercharged wireless network, customized educational software, and digital "smart cards" to open lockers and pay for meals--all making possible a virtually paperless environment. Aside from Microsoft Corp., the school has other corporate partners, such as the: (1) Blackburn, England-based Promethean Group Technologies Ltd., which provides the school's whiteboards; (2) Sunnyvale, California-based Meru Networks, which installs the wireless computer network; (3) and Gateway Inc., based in Irvine, California, which provides laptop computers to the students and staff.