Matt Molnar
2008-05-17, 09:54 AM
FLIGHT PLAN: $52 MIL FOR QUIET CLASS (http://www.nypost.com/seven/05172008/news/regionalnews/flight_plan__52_mil_for__quiet_class_111229.htm)
SCHOOL SITS NEAR JFK
By ZACHARY GOELMAN and YOAV GONEN
May 17, 2008 -- Education officials yesterday released a bid to soundproof a Queens high school that sits under the flight path to JFK Airport - for a whopping $52 million.
The project is scheduled to provide new windows, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, and exterior work to the Rockaway Park building that houses Beach Channel HS and Channel View School of Research, education officials said.
State and federal transportation administrators - whose agencies are footing the bill under a 25-year-old noise-reduction program - said the schools had asked to be part of the program sometime before 2000, the year the allocations were first approved.
But many students currently attending the schools seemed perplexed by such a costly overhaul.
"Airplanes aren't a problem," said 14-year-old Jocelin Conpos about engine roar at Channel View.
"I've never heard an airplane in my life," added 10th-grader Michael Naraiswar, 16, who also attends Channel View. [Full Article (http://www.nypost.com/seven/05172008/news/regionalnews/flight_plan__52_mil_for__quiet_class_111229.htm)]
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First, Beach Channel is a good distance from JFK, under the path of 22 departures but by the time they get there they're a few thousand feet up. 20 years ago it was probably a bit noisy. Today with most of JFK's flights being very quiet A320s and RJs, I would challenge anyone to hear one at 3000 feet from inside a giant brick building. A 747 might be slightly audible, but it wouldn't shake the building to the point of distraction.
Second, $52 MILLION? It's a big school, but what are they doing, using Space Shuttle-grade windows and insulation? Especially infuriating when CUNY is facing a $26 million chop in the next city budget.
SCHOOL SITS NEAR JFK
By ZACHARY GOELMAN and YOAV GONEN
May 17, 2008 -- Education officials yesterday released a bid to soundproof a Queens high school that sits under the flight path to JFK Airport - for a whopping $52 million.
The project is scheduled to provide new windows, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, and exterior work to the Rockaway Park building that houses Beach Channel HS and Channel View School of Research, education officials said.
State and federal transportation administrators - whose agencies are footing the bill under a 25-year-old noise-reduction program - said the schools had asked to be part of the program sometime before 2000, the year the allocations were first approved.
But many students currently attending the schools seemed perplexed by such a costly overhaul.
"Airplanes aren't a problem," said 14-year-old Jocelin Conpos about engine roar at Channel View.
"I've never heard an airplane in my life," added 10th-grader Michael Naraiswar, 16, who also attends Channel View. [Full Article (http://www.nypost.com/seven/05172008/news/regionalnews/flight_plan__52_mil_for__quiet_class_111229.htm)]
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First, Beach Channel is a good distance from JFK, under the path of 22 departures but by the time they get there they're a few thousand feet up. 20 years ago it was probably a bit noisy. Today with most of JFK's flights being very quiet A320s and RJs, I would challenge anyone to hear one at 3000 feet from inside a giant brick building. A 747 might be slightly audible, but it wouldn't shake the building to the point of distraction.
Second, $52 MILLION? It's a big school, but what are they doing, using Space Shuttle-grade windows and insulation? Especially infuriating when CUNY is facing a $26 million chop in the next city budget.