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After rereading this article, I'm struck by Councilman Ladocuer's comment that “They spent a lot of money on feel good stuff.". I'd respectfully (and strongly) disagree. The Pilgrim stage contained 'no-go' zones and was structurally unsafe and was replaced. The stage curtains were ancient. In fact, former Principal Marie Cote and her sister came in one weekend to mend them with fishing line so that they would be operable and somewhat presentable! (and she told thi to the City Council at a budget hearing) The sound system was awful and I can personally attest to it as an attendee of many a play and concert over the last 6 years. So they replace all that and and get criticized because the also replaced the original wooden seats! Not replacing the seats would have resulted in criticisms of doing things half-a**ed. (damned if they do and damned if they don't). The Vets auditorium, while not suffering from an unsound stage, was similarly abysmal and original to the school and was hardly ever touched since its inception. This line of citicism is realy thin on substance - so I guess our drama, chorus and band students didn't deserve updated faciltilties? The Pilgrim and TG tracks was un-runnable. The Pilgrim football field had hazards that injured our ahtletes. The Pilgrim football field had a sprinkler system that hadn't operated in years and was fixed. So our ahtletes didn't deserve updated accommodations either? The entryways at both Vets and Pilgrim were run down and, in some instances, broken. Some side windows at Pilgrim (adjacent to entry doors) were actually thin plexiglass that years ago had been used to replace broken original windows and could have been easily punched through to gain access to the building. So if these are considered "feel good" things then I shudder to think what would be considered serious things and, according to the article, the Vets heating system may not be all that bad after all? SMH.