posted by Mike Madison at 9:52 AM /
I have a short stack of older items to catch up on today.
First up:
School Director James Fraasch has posted a lengthy comment on his own blog concerning the Taylor Report. The Taylor Report, as many blog readers and other residents will recall, is the set of materials delivered by Mt. Lebanon resident, structural engineer, and long-time Mt. Lebanon School District consultant Dirk Taylor to the School Board late in July -- which scrutinizes the current recommendations for a comprehensive and expensive reconstruction of Mt. Lebanon High School and finds a host of inaccuracies and omissions.
If you haven't looked the Taylor Report yet, you can find the whole thing online. This link will take you there.
Major kudos are due to Mr. Taylor not only for taking the time to produce this material but for allowing it to be made publicly available. mlt aka Mt. Lebanon magazine occasionally produce a feature on citizens that Mt. Lebanon could not do without; I think that the Taylor Report qualifies Mr. Taylor for a nomination. The decision regarding the high school is far too important, and affects far too many people, for it to be made behind closed doors. Public scrutiny is entirely appropriate, both by individual citizens communicating directly with the School Board and officials of the School District, and in open fora like this blog.
Likewise, kudos are due to Director Fraasch and also to Director Mark Hart (who supplied an initial response to the Taylor Report in a comment to an earlier post here) for timely and public reactions.
The full Board apparently is huddling with its architects and Mr. Taylor before commenting on the Report. I'm optimistic that the full Board will say something about the Report. It is disappointing, however, that the public only knows about the full Board's activity because Bob Williams, now guest posting at Blog Lebo, tracked down that information. The official "High School Renovation" blog, which purports to keep the community informed about major developments in the renovation process, is silent about the existence of the Taylor Report.
First up:
School Director James Fraasch has posted a lengthy comment on his own blog concerning the Taylor Report. The Taylor Report, as many blog readers and other residents will recall, is the set of materials delivered by Mt. Lebanon resident, structural engineer, and long-time Mt. Lebanon School District consultant Dirk Taylor to the School Board late in July -- which scrutinizes the current recommendations for a comprehensive and expensive reconstruction of Mt. Lebanon High School and finds a host of inaccuracies and omissions.
If you haven't looked the Taylor Report yet, you can find the whole thing online. This link will take you there.
Major kudos are due to Mr. Taylor not only for taking the time to produce this material but for allowing it to be made publicly available. mlt aka Mt. Lebanon magazine occasionally produce a feature on citizens that Mt. Lebanon could not do without; I think that the Taylor Report qualifies Mr. Taylor for a nomination. The decision regarding the high school is far too important, and affects far too many people, for it to be made behind closed doors. Public scrutiny is entirely appropriate, both by individual citizens communicating directly with the School Board and officials of the School District, and in open fora like this blog.
Likewise, kudos are due to Director Fraasch and also to Director Mark Hart (who supplied an initial response to the Taylor Report in a comment to an earlier post here) for timely and public reactions.
The full Board apparently is huddling with its architects and Mr. Taylor before commenting on the Report. I'm optimistic that the full Board will say something about the Report. It is disappointing, however, that the public only knows about the full Board's activity because Bob Williams, now guest posting at Blog Lebo, tracked down that information. The official "High School Renovation" blog, which purports to keep the community informed about major developments in the renovation process, is silent about the existence of the Taylor Report.
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