Talk:Pomfret School

Importance
I am raising the importance of this article for two reasons. The first was that I had heard of the school before, even the neither I nor anyone in my family had gone there. Second, was that enough important alumni does seem to me to raise the importance of having something in an article about their school as a reference in teir biography articles at leasty. --Jvv62 02:10, 12 April 2007 (UTC)


 * This article is ranked Low importance which Wikipedia defines as "Articles of local importance. Includes town media, such as newspapers, non-state roads, local rail stations, neighborhoods, notable local merchants, members of local government, and state representatives and senators...lighthouses, and unpaved airfields." Since this is a long-established school that serves national and international students, it seems the importance ranking should be elevated. The school is ranked in the top 50 of US boarding schools (http://www.thebestschools.org/features/best-boarding-schools-in-us/). Alumni include a Secretary of State, a Nobel winner, noted authors, professors, artists, and others who have made significant and lasting contributions to US and international society.Jacques Bailhé 16:52, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Why a griffin?
Why is the image a griffin shown in the Infobox? The implicatin is that this is the arms of the school, but the school's own website shows something quite different: A black fess between three red lion's heads ! --Ant 21:39, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * The griffin is Pomfret's mascot and former arms (I'm not sure when exactly it was changed, but it was after 1971 because there's a podium in the auditorium made as a gift by the class of '71 that depicts a griffin on a shield much like the one that was in the Infobox). The black fess and the lion's heads is the school's current arms, so I suppose it was right to remove the outdated image.  Lizardking42 15:27, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Revisions October 2015
I have removed Wikipedia notice asking for more inline citations and other improvements from June 2011 -- hoping recent revisions have improved the article.Jacques Bailhé (talk) 19:20, 8 October 2015 (UTC)