mtl -- Mt. Lebanon Magazine
How many Mt. Lebanon households have kids 18 and younger? The 2010 census says 4,238 or 29.9 percent of our households. They shall be doing the victory dance on Monday when school is back in session! Source (and for more census data): http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1&prodType=table . August 25 at 2:02pm
As David Reese wrote in a PG article and later reprinted in the Almanac,
Families with children are clearly a minority of homeowners now, and there is an "older demographic" in the community.
Seventy percent of Mt. Lebanon households have no children 18 and younger. Does this really warrant spending $3 million plus on more ball fields? Can any of our tax money ever go for recreation for the 70%? How many six year old girls are actually being told that there aren't fields available? What about the five year olds? We can't be all things to all people.
In other news, Keystone Oaks is meeting tonight to present and consider a school consolidation plan. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11251/1172872-55-0.stm
The district's fact sheet noted also that a demographic study done by the state education department and a Carnegie Mellon demographer showed that 80 percent of residents don't have children in district schools and a high percentage are elderly and living on fixed incomes, making tax hikes untenable.
Families with children are clearly a minority of homeowners now, and there is an "older demographic" in the community.
The district's fact sheet noted also that a demographic study done by the state education department and a Carnegie Mellon demographer showed that 80 percent of residents don't have children in district schools and a high percentage are elderly and living on fixed incomes, making tax hikes untenable.
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DORMONT, Pa. -- The Keystone Oaks School Board voted 5-4 on Thursday to close two schools.
Aiken and Myrtle Elementary schools will shut down, and students will be sent to Dormont Elementary.
Dozens of parents packed the school board meeting Thursday to oppose the decision.
School leaders said they have 36 empty classrooms, and it's wasting money.
They said consolidation will save more than $1 million.
There is no word yet on when the closings could take effect.
http://www.wpxi.com/news/29126264/detail.html
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