P-G: A newsmaker you should know: Mt. Lebanon's newest school director

As they considered 12 applications for the vacant school director seat this month, the eight members of the Mt. Lebanon school board seemed to agree on what they were looking for in a new director.

With a $113.2 million high school renovation planned and the annual budget process about to begin, the school directors wanted someone who had followed the board closely and could get up to speed quickly with new and ongoing business.

Read the full article:

• www.post-gazette.com/pg/11020/1119181-55.stm (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

School board selects Larry Lebowitz to fill Fraasch’s vacant seat

At last night’s discussion meeting, the school board selected Larry Lebowitz to fill the seat left vacant by James Fraasch’s recent resignation from the school board. Lebowitz, an attorney, will begin serving immediately.

If you wish to learn more about Mr. Lebowitz’s thoughts on education and the school board, the recording of his interview for the seat makes a good introduction. You can listen to the recording, thanks to LeboCitizens.com, by fast-forwarding to the 41-minute mark of this audio recording of the 4 January 2011 interviews.

Read more:

• Mt. Lebanon school board fills vacancy with attorney (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
• Lebowitz named to vacant Mt. Lebanon school board seat (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• And the winner is... (LeboCitizens.com)