What a heart breaker

I lived through the entire construction project. The Class of '72 was the only class that attended Mt. Lebanon High School from the start to the end of the construction of Building C and the Little Theater. Many of us don't see it as "out with the old." Instead, it is out with the new.

The high school renovation project marks the beginning of the corruption that has overtaken Mt. Lebanon. 4,000 signatures couldn't stop it.

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Out with the old: Building C on its way down at Mt. Lebanon High School

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The countdown is on, until Building C at Mt. Lebanon High School is nothing more than a memory. Work continues on demolishing the structure, which ...

Update January 1, 2016 4:55 PM A high school senior took the following video during third period. "It was very loud."

Who is getting the scrap?

Who is getting the scrap from Building C?  If you were listening to KDKA, the price of gold is the highest it has been in a long time.  Remember the copper downspouts stolen in Virginia Manor? How about the garbage picker who takes every electrical appliance pitched just for the copper wire in the cord?  Someone even took the old wire stands from my yard signs that were bundled for the trash.

When they start demo-ing Building C, unless the SB has it written that we have the rights to all that scrap, it will be taken by the contractors or the garbage picker. The contractors may be sitting there hoping it isn't noticed.

But since the School board refuses to revisit Building C, maybe it won't be addressed. Here's a heads up. In 35 years or so, when the renovated high school is torn down, the aluminum wire won't be worth as much as copper wire.

Buildings B and C: Collaborative Partners

Dan Rothschild has a great post on his new blog, lebodesign.net.  In his post, Buildings B and C: Collaborative Partners , Dan writes how the CAC was inspired by Dr. Davis' 45 minute lecture where he said that by arranging departments side-by-side, the opportunity for interdepartmental collaboration increases.

The CAC was energized by this talk, and how it meshed with earlier discussions by high school staff, that a great amount of learning in high school happens outside of the classroom.  Using this information, the CAC proposed a paradigm shift in the design that suggested moving the classrooms located in the new Building G to the existing Building C.  This not only placed all of the academic departments side-by-side, as discussed in Dr. Davis’ talk, but allowed the development of a collaborative zone in between the two buildings in the bridges that currently connect Building B to Building C twice on each floor.

It is unfortunate that the School Board will not revisit Building C. Larry Lebowitz was quoted as saying, "We need to obtain as much public input as we can." Dan Rothschild wants to revisit Building C.  The CAC wanted to keep Building C. We have talked about it here on Lebo Citizens. Keeping Building C has been discussed on Blog-Lebo. We have pleaded at School Board meetings to keep Building C. Are you getting enough public input, Mr. Lebowitz, or are you on public input overload? What WILL the School Board do with all this public input? We all know the answer to that question.