Just a heads up

I updated Lebocitizens.com tonight.  Sorry, I got a little behind in meeting dates.  More meeting conflicts.  The School Board has scheduled a Reconvened Meeting on April 25, 2011, which happens to be the Monday Adjourned Commission Meeting.  I am still confused as to how a reconvened meeting can be scheduled.

This will happen again next month, with the School Board meeting on the same night as the Commissioners on May 23, 2011.

Haven't there been conflicts every month now since the Commissioners moved their regular monthly meetings to Tuesdays trying to avoid conflicting meetings?

Trying to think positively, the School District has given us a bit more notice for the next Community Forum.  The Community Budget Forum will be held May 2, 2011 at 7:30 p.m., High School Library.

They are doing it again.

I just got this Lebo Alert:

This is an important notice from LeboALERT.

Share ideas about new revenue sources for the schools at a town hall meeting, Tues., March 8, at 7 p.m. in the high school library. Or e-mail tsteinhauer@mtlsdnet. 

Another conflict.  Again. The Commission is meeting on Tuesday, March 8.  The Commissioners moved their conflicting Monday meetings to Tuesdays to accomodate the residents who would like to attend School Board meetings as well as Commission meetings.  The School District scheduled their reconvened meeting to coincide with the Commission meeting on February 28.  I am seeing a pattern. 

Commissioners, thanks for trying to be accomodating (Updated)

Traditionally, the Commission and the School Board would hold their meetings two Mondays a month.  Unfortunately, both would meet on the same evening once a month.  In 2011, our Commissioners moved their meetings to the second Tuesday and the fourth Monday, to avoid conflicting meetings.  Or so we thought.  This month, the School Board is having three Monday meetings, with the reconvened meeting conflicting with the Mt.Lebanon Adjourned Commission meeting scheduled for February 28.  The following email exchange pretty much sets the tone.

Mrs. Gillen,

No.

For the Board,

Josephine Posti
President
Mt. Lebanon School Board
412.667.1479
http://jposti.blogspot.com/

Mission: to provide the best education possible for each and every student



-----Original Message-----
From: egillen476@aol.com [mailto:egillen476@aol.com]
Sent: Sat 2/19/2011 5:10 PM
To: School Board Email list; commission@mtlebanon.org
Cc: Dr. Timothy Steinhauer; sfeller@mtlebanon.org; tkelley@mtlebanon.org
Subject: Reconvened meeting????

Ms. Posti,
I was just posting the agenda for Monday's School Board meeting on lebocitizens.com and noticed that there is a School Board reconvened meeting scheduled on February 28, 2011.  That conflicts with the Commission meeting.  They moved their meetings to Tuesday evenings to avoid conflicts with School Board meetings.  Would you be able to reschedule your reconvened meeting so that it does not conflict with the Commission meeting on February 28?
Elaine Gillen

Updated February 20, 2011 The agenda for tomorrow's meeting is here. Agenda for 2/21/11 meeting How can item 14 announce a reconvened meeting when number 15 on the agenda is Adjournment?  Robert's Rules of Order state when a meeting is adjourned, it is over.  Tomorrow's meeting is very important.  How can they announce a reconvened meeting when in fact, the regular meeting hasn't even occurred (convened)? This sounds unethical to me.