$10M Kettering Fairmont auditorium construction nears start
The rebuilding of KETTERING — Kettering Fairmont High School’s auditorium will begin this week, starting with asbestos abatement, according to Ken Lackey, director of business for Kettering City Schools.
Demolition is expected to begin in mid-July, paving the way to transform the school’s out-ofdate auditorium into a “state of the art” $10 million facility, Lackey said.
Renderings of the project show the school’s new auditorium being expanded, to accommodate more seating space and a larger stage. The expanded building will extend closer to Shroyer Road and will include a higher ceiling for “fly space” which community relations manager Kari Basson said was a “huge deal” for the theater program.
Added fly space allows the scenery to be shifted up and down during a performance.
“What you have now is kids — or adult volunteer adults — wheeling stuff in and out for performances,” Basson said. “They said if we can’t have more fly space, just forget the whole project.”
Renderings also show the location of the stage being rotate 90 degrees clockwise from facing north to facing east. Lackey said the change allowed for 150