The message keeps appearing that the builders think the large hut could be converted. However, no one will work on it. Does it ever happen?

If you have not already converted the hut, you need to instruct a villager to do so (by dropping them on the hut).

However, you need a villager with a specific tech specialty at a particular level. (Cant give all the answers away!)

I have tried this over and over, using all master builders with master scientist combinations.

What puzzles have you completed at this time?

All 16

Yes

Then you have the school if you completed all the puzzles. Nothing more to do with the building.

Just have to ignore the villagers when it comes to that message.

did anyone notice that this bug has been fixed in version 1.01? i just noticed it myself. now when you drag a villager over the school, it says "He/She sees the school."

can someone please tell me how to make use of that hut..it is really grating on my nerves that its a school and no one is getting taught

Once you convert the hut, that's all you can do. For fun, you can click on the drum next to the school and the kids will come running but other than that, nothing physically to do.

The school will also allow parents to pass some of their skills on to their offspring, but this is a passive effect (you don't need to do anything aside from make more villagers for this to happen).

You can also click on the drum to call school to session, but all that happens is the kids will gather in front of the hut -- they don't gain skills this way.

You may also see villagers "teaching" (esp. later in the game), but that's a behavior like chatting or telling a joke -- it doesn't have any effect, either.

-- jen