posted by Joe Polk at 10:09 AM /
Mt. Lebanon Superintendent John Allison holds a decayed three-foot section of pipe that was recently removed from the ceiling above the high school loading dock and wonders how much more of the building's plumbing is in that condition and where and when the next leak will spring.
School Director Dan Remely, who is co-chairman of the board's renovation committee, worries that the high school's nearly 80-year-old boilers could blow before a new heating system is installed as part of whatever renovation the board chooses to undertake. Parts for the boilers are so hard to find they sometimes have to be custom-made.
Link: www.post-gazette.com/pg/09008/940180-55.stm
School Director Dan Remely, who is co-chairman of the board's renovation committee, worries that the high school's nearly 80-year-old boilers could blow before a new heating system is installed as part of whatever renovation the board chooses to undertake. Parts for the boilers are so hard to find they sometimes have to be custom-made.
Link: www.post-gazette.com/pg/09008/940180-55.stm
Labels: high school renovation, school district
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"Mr. Remely said the updated costs, which were put together by project manager P.J. Dick Corp., will be higher than the July estimates, but they will include "soft costs," such as architectural, insurance and permitting costs. Those costs were not included in the earlier numbers.
What we also knew in July when the first estimates came out was that the base renovation plan was the only plan that could be done without a Community referendum on the required borrowings. I don’t see a majority of the Board interested in a referendum, although this could change. There are many Community members who would welcome a vote. It was only wasted hope that enabled folks to believe when we tuned the construction costs and added previously excluded requisite expenses, the ”all-in” options would be something less than $110 MM.
This is exactly why I was sorrowfully disappointed to see the Board diss James Fraasch in December. At that time - even without the "new" numbers, the Board was keenly aware we could do nothing more than a $110 MM (+/-) project without a solid financial plan and possibly phasing OR dare I say - - a referendum.
James proposes making the high school safe and secure for students, while putting together a meaningful longer-term plan.
Reality may yet trump Rhetoric.
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