Parents beware: The Mt. Lebanon Police are now ticketing cars that stop on Lebanon Avenue in the morning during student drop-off. 2 officers ticketing 4 cars this morning has been witnessed. Brian McFeeley has stated that the high school is not driving this - the Police Department has gotten complaints from a resident that lives on Lebanon, forcing them into a position of enforcing the posted "No Stopping" signs. Please go to http://www.mtlsd.org/highschoolrenovation/hstrafficupdates.asp for the most up to date information. Thank you for your patience and cooperation!
Mt. Lebanon High School PTSA
Mt. Lebanon High School
11 comments:
The parents are paying absolutely no attention to the posted, legal no stopping, no parking, no drop-off signs in place anywhere.
Are complaints from affected residents required before the police will enforce the law ?
Oor society is really going down the drain.
Veblen Good
Veblen,
If the school board doesn't pay attention to anyone why should the parents? Monkey see, monkey do. Bill Hook
Yeah Bill,
Seems like prime examples of the "gimmie" generation and helicopter parents out of control. And a school principal who does not want to take responsibility for his traffic plan and its enforcement.
Wonder if the next step is midnite trashing and/or turfing the yards of Lebanon Avenue residents ?
Veblen Good
Lebanon traffic and violations were the principal concerns of the Commissioners during their review of the high school plan. In fact, two Commissioners voted against one aspect of the overall plan because of Lebanon concerns, and that delt with conditions after completion of the project.
One would normally expect the District and parents to be sensitive to the concerns, safety and welfare of the schools immediate neighbors under these circumstances ; but, that apparently is too much to expect in this particular day and age and community.
Veblen Good
Veblen, I spoke with a mom whose child drives to school once a week. She said that there aren't enough spaces at the church which causes confusion when having to go to Dixon. Now that the auditorium entrance is closed, students are scrambling to get to class with the Veterans' Memorial construction thrown in the mix.
Elaine
Once again, hear no evil, see no evil, say no evil from our eloved president. From her blog:
"New Parking and Drop-off Routine Running Well
After almost a week, it looks like our students have adjusted to their new parking location and "morning rush" traffic is back to normal. I either drive past the high school or drop students at the high school between 7:40 and 7:50 every morning and have been pleased with what I've observed and what administrators have shared with me during the past five school days. Yesterday morning, traffic was completely normal, despite the rain and today normal as well. There wasn't any congestion at all on Morgan, Stadium or Horsman Drives. Student pedestrians crossing from the Lutheran church were observing police and traffic signals and staying on the sidewalk along Cochran and also walking from the Dixon lot along Morgan Drive (with the exception of the Veteran's Memorial construction site, which they have to walk around.)
We're grateful for the municipality's cooperation and the good work of the police officers and crossing guards in helping everyone adjust to the new morning routine. I'm proud of our students' adaptability and focus on safety. While it appears that the community is adjusting, we look forward to addressing any concerns that arise during construction.
Posted 24th January by Josephine Posti"
Dick Saunders
Dixon is hardly used by students, maybe 10 cars leaving 30-40 empty parking spaces. Must be too far a walk. The final church agreement called for 137 spaces, I think. The Zoning Ordinance calls for 226 off street spaces onsite.
Bill Lewis
What I find interesting is the wording of the eblast from the high school and high school PTSA.
"Brian McFeeley has stated that the high school is not driving this..."
In other words, don't blame us. We don't take responsibility for anything.
Elaine
There not driving it, but they're also not watching out for residents that have to put up with most of the inconveniences of associated with the project.
The police are to be commended for doing their duty.
Anyone notice on the construction cameras that students leaving C building manage to cross Horsman Drive safely without a million $ bridge or a crossing guard. So much for that rational used to forward this boondoggle.
Dick Saunders
Dick,
The $ million bridge was incorporated in the design to literally connect the buildings in such a way as to be able to classify them as a single building for Zoning Ordinance purposes ! You see, the HS site is Zoned R-1 Single Family Residential. A 2nd. building or structure on such a site can be no higher than 14' above the level of the facing street (Horsman Dr.). The architect & District could not/would not reduce the height of the new and very expensive Athletic Building to meet the 14' height restriction. Blame the Muni and its Zoning Ordinance. But alas, that's only part of the story and the wrong conclusion !
The rest of the true story continues like this : very early on the Muni became aware of the Athletic Building and height issue. The Muni counseled the District about this and advised the District that there was an allowed procedural way to address the issue and possibly solve the problem....the District could develop and submit what is termed a "text amendment" to the Zoning Ordinance requesting a waiver of the height restriction for this particular project at the particular site. This "amendment" would be voted on by the Commission, and the waiver might well be granted under the circumstances.
The conclusion of the true story is this : for reasons unknown but thought to be ego-related because it didn't make sense otherwise
, the District did not pursue the "text amendment" route...the bridge was incorporated, and it and the exhorbitant cost can be actually laid at the feet of the SB !
It's for the children, don't we all know.
Bill Lewis
Yes I knew all that. Had they gone with the suggestions of Rothschild and the CAC a good deal of the delays, legal cost, zoning issues and expensive bridge, probably would have been avoided.
And furthermore, eliminated the budget situation we are in today.
But, nooooo, they had to have it their way.
Dick Saunders
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