Photo: PMHS Freshman Orientation BBQ

Scotty September 20, 2012 at 05:10 pm

I'm happy the High School hosts these events to make kids feel they 'fit in', but..... My comment is about the 'amp' level of the loudspeakers used on the High School playing fields during events. Not sure what was gong on yesterday (September 19) but a contractor doing work in my backyard next to the HS was shocked by the extreme volume emanating from the School's speakers. He couldn't believe we hadn't already complained. It was literally to the point he couldn't hold a conversation either with his workers or myself. THAT loud. In addition, it was rap or hip-hop, 'modern' rock style music so had extremely loud bass lines (unmusical to our slightly jaded ears) ;) I'm really not picking on someone's musical tastes--I'm a musician and LOVE my own music loud 'enough', but the acoustics in our small part of the world are a bit odd--the sound echoes and bounces around. Always has--especially since the 'new' addition to the school. There has to be a solution--some happy medium. We've had no real quarrel living next to the HS over the years but our Contractor had one very salient point: IF I was selling my home, I would have lost potential buyers all afternoon because of the unbelievably high level of this blastingly loud music to which we were held hostage. He's ready to quit the job! It can't be good for the students' ears either: some musicians I know are now being forced into wearing hearing aids after years of playing with loud bands. PLEAAAASE someone listen!