P-G: Mt. Lebanon suspends choir director after ex-student claims 'inappropriate communications'

A Mt. Lebanon High School graduate said the school's choir director made "inappropriate communications of a sexual nature before and after graduation," the Mt. Lebanon School District told parents in a letter today.

Jason Greenawalt has taught at the high school since 2004 and has been musical director for the annual spring musical, which this year is "Seussical." The district suspended Mr. Greenawalt, according to the letter sent to parents.

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• www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-south/mt-lebanon-suspends-choir-director-after-ex-student-claims-inappropriate-communications-678329 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

P-G: Mt. Lebanon band to march at Derby parade

Mt. Lebanon High School Blue Devil band will march in front of what planners expect will be hundreds of thousands of spectators in the Kentucky Derby Festival Pegasus Parade in Louisville, Ky., on May 3.

Band director Louise Marino said the band has performed at the St. Patrick's Day parades in New York and Chicago and at various bowl games, but this trip marks the band's first appearance at the Derby festival and its parade.

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• old.post-gazette.com/pg/12068/1215166-55.stm (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)