Comments on: GHS Auditorium? Auditorio en la Escuela de Greenwich?

By: John Bowman

John Bowman — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:00:11 +0000

To be honest, I felt the same about the pricetag on this upgrade. I’ll bet if someone said “we’ll spend $5 million” you’d get a number of designs that could help the acoustics and add seating. Does everything we do in this town have to start at $25 million?

By: Lincoln Millstein

Lincoln Millstein — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:39:26 +0000

The suggestion that GHS students might suffer hearing loss because of bad acoustics in the auditorium is laughable and suggests just how zealous some proponents of this project have become. I am in support of a new performing arts center. But it only detracts from the credibility of the proposal when people start to make up silly reasons. The earbuds these kids have permanently attached to their ears will do more damage than any high school auditorium. I have sat in that space way too many times than I would like to recall. The acoustics are not great. It isn’t Carnegie Hall. But you can make the acoustics better by spending a couple of million – not $25 million. GHS deserves a better performance space for many worthy reasons. We don’t need to gild the argument with over-the-top exaggerations.

By: John Bowman

John Bowman — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:40:05 +0000

I guess you just did get that into the local media. A very interesting story, I’d like to follow up on it.

By: Gravy Train

Gravy Train — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:08:33 +0000

“[T]he acoustics are so bad that at least two music teachers there are reported to have suffered significant hearing loss.”

These must be two of the more than 750 workers compensation claims that have been filed by Board of Ed. employees over the past five years! Where is the outrage when perhaps the cushiest jobs in Town are generating multimillion dollar payouts — on top of their already generous salaries? Who would have thought that teachers have more workers comp claims –by far — than workers in Public Works, Police Fire, etc.

Can our local media shed some light on this scandal/fraud please?

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:51:58 +0000

For one reason, the acoustics are so bad that at least two music teachers there are reported to have suffered significant hearing loss. Though the size of the student body is comparable, the number of students participating in the music program, including band, orchestra and chorus, is far higher than it was. The practice rooms are cramped, and the acoustics dangerously bad, and the auditorium is too small for the groups and the audiences.

Take a look at auditoriums at wilton, North Haven, and elsewhere, and you will see that GHS’s facility stinks. Why is it that the wealthiest community of its size in the entire country can’t afford to build a decent auditorium that can handle the community’s gatherings and won’t damage the hearing of students and teachers?