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.

The Almanac

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

The Almanac

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."

MTLSD promises to do better with the asbestos dust, sort of.

Building A, the school's oldest building and housed the North Gym, has been demolished. Building C, which is the newest building, and the one which many of us tried to save, is the next building to go. From the PG article, Mt. Lebanon high school renovation on track to 2016 completion:

At Monday’s school board meeting, Tom Berkebile, construction manager P.J. Dick Inc., showed photos of once was the office of superintendent Timothy Steinhauer, but now is empty in anticipation of the campus’ “C” building, which formerly housed administrative offices, being demolished. Work on that project starts Aug. 10, when Precision Environmental Co. will begin removing the building’s outer layer for asbestos abatement.

As usual, the Trib reporter goes into more depth in, Demolition of 'C' wing to begin at Mt. Lebo.

All the carcinogenic asbestos will be contained and removed from the site before the rest of the wing is knocked down, he said, and more dust controls will be considered. Neighbors complained about drifting dust from the earlier demolition of the high school's “A” building.

More dust controls will be considered? I wonder how many kids are going to get mesothelioma or silicosis. The June 8 update said that they kept the demolition debris wet enough to not bother the neighbors. Letters were sent out to neighbors informing them of the demolition.  I have been told that the county calls them, "Illegal Fugitive Emissions" when dust is visibly drifting off site. Here is the PowerPoint presentation of the Building A demolition.