001Good evening. Today is Monday, February 9th, 2026. It is 7:36 p.m. and we are in room D205 for our school board meeting. Um, roll call, please. >> Mrs. Berdick, >> here. >> Dr. Campaniro here. >> Mr. Clocky, >> here. >> Miss CrarAbel here. >> Miss Flecher here. >> Mrs. Gellman here. >> Miss Given here, Mr. Hoffman >> here. All members are present. >> Thank you. This evening will look a little different. We will have um a voting and discussion meeting so we can vote on our next school board vacancy. So, we would want to thank all who applied to fill the board vacancy as well as community members who have shared their input and support for applicants. As we shared during the application and interview process, we will be discussing some of the candidates this
002evening and then opening the floor for the remaining board members to make nominations. Once we have one or more nominations for the vacant seat, we will vote to appoint that person and then have the board secretary complete the swearing in so that the new board member can immediately take seat on the board. If the individual is not present, we will arrange a time for them to be sworn in at the district office by February 11th. We will also have the magistrate here on February 16th prior to our voting meeting so the new board member can invite any family and friends for a ceremonial re-swearing in. Due to the number of applicants, the board utilized standard questions and a simple scoring rubric for each interview. The rubrics were submitted to the board secretary who compiled the
003scores. A copy of the scoring rubric is in board docs for your reference. Of the 12 applicants, the top three score getters are Dr. Laura Strauss, Ms. Anamaria Johnson, and Mr. Richard Lorac. Although not bound to select a top score, the board wanted to have a rubric to help guide their nominations. I would also like to acknowledge that we received a lot of writing support for one of the candidates. We appreciate the community's input and engagement. At this time, we will take comments from residents and taxpayers concerning nominations for board vacancy only who have previously requested to speak. Presentations or comments are lit limited to three minutes. Did we have anyone? >> Okay. We will now take comments from residents and taxpayers concerning nominations for board vacancy. Presentations or comments are limited to three minutes.
004Would anyone here like to Paula Bonjouro Pine Tree Road I watched the special school board meeting held on January 26 to interview the 12 candidates to fill the current vacancy on the school board. The key characteristics of of selecting an ideal school board director rometic except in my opinion for one and that is community connection. Someone who understands the local needs and acts as a bridge between the community and the school. For years, segments of our community have had no representation. Current census numbers are mount for Mount Lebanon. School population 25% for students. Senior citizens are 21.6 and singles are 39.9% of households. Regarding the composition of the board, there has been an issue with diversity for some time. And while parents are vital to the board, we uh are vital, a board with too
005many current parents may lack objectivity. I am asking the board to consider Patrick King to fill this vacancy. He is a longtime Mount Lebanon resident who is currently active treasurer of Mount Lebanon Partnership, Mount Lebanon Parks and Red Advisory Board, and also coaches girls youth sports. From Mr. King's interview, he not only has the professional expertise and skills, but also the ability to represent the entire community, those who may not have a direct relationship with our school system. Since m since Mr. King has attended schoolboard meetings for years and is familiar with our school district, he is ready to step into the position immediately. Mr. King is just what the Mont Lebanon School District and the whole community needs at this time. I know the board has a tough decision as what as I said
006I watched the interviewing process, but it it is time for us and and I'm hoping the board to to move forward with these issues in mind. Thank you. >> Thank you for your comment. >> Anyone else? Okay, at this time I will open the floor for board members to make nominations for the vacant board seat. Any board member can make a nomination and nominations do not require a second. >> Go ahead. >> Thank you. Before I offer my nomination, I would like to begin with a note of gratitude to all 12 candidates who interviewed for this open seat. I want to say genuinely thank you. It takes courage to put yourself forward publicly, to speak openly about your values, and to invite the community to evaluate your readiness for service. Several years ago, I myself
007sat through the same interview process as a candidate for an open seat on the board, and I was not the selected candidate. Nearly 5 years later, I sit here as an elected board member. To those of you who are not chosen to fill the open board seat this evening, I sincerely hope that you will consider running in a future municipal election cycle. Your willingness to serve matters and our district benefits when committed community members stay engaged. As we all know, we had an exceptionally strong group of candidates. Unfortunately, we can only fill one seat. With that in mind, I would like to offer my nomination for Reverend Dr. Laura Strauss. During her interview, Dr. Strauss described herself as a non- anxious presence, and that quality was evident throughout her responses. As I evaluated candidates, I
008was looking for someone who demonstrated strong leadership, a student- centered philosophy, and experiences that would add meaningful value to the current board. Dr. Strauss consistently showed strength in each of these areas. Dr. Strauss's professional training and neighborhood engagement stood out as a powerful asset. It reflects not only a technical skill set, but a deep understanding of how communities function, how trust is built, and how diverse voices are brought into shared decision-making. Her pride in this community and in our school district was unmistakable throughout her interview. That combination of training and genuine community pride is exactly the kind of grounding that strengthens effective board service. I was also impressed by Dr. Strauss's advocacy at the local, state, and federal levels. Through her work with organizations such as Bread for the World and Days for Girls, she
009has demonstrated a long-standing commitment to fighting for children and ensuring their needs remain at the center of policy decisions. In short, Dr. Strauss's lived experiences align directly with the work that we do as a board. The issues we face as a board are rarely black and white. They require thoughtful consideration, a willingness to learn, and the humility to recognize where one's expertise begins and ends. Dr. Shaw showed a clear grasp of the nuance inherent in our district's challenges. She named short-term concerns such as maintaining a balanced budget amid rising costs, supporting students social, emotional, and mental health needs without overloading our teachers, and understanding where her own gifts lie, acknowledging the importance of knowing when to ask good questions and when to simply listen. She also articulated long-term challenges, sustaining academic excellence while navigating workforce
010realities and preparing students for careers and futures that are truly sustainable. These are not simple issues and she approached them with humility, clarity, and thoughtfulness. In my view, Dr. Strauss has a solid understanding of the responsibilities of the school board and a clear readiness to step into this role. Her voice, her steadiness, and her experience will enhance the makeup of our current board and strengthen our collective work on behalf of students. For these reasons, I'm proud to nominate Dr. Laura Strauss for the open seat. Thank you for your comment. Anyone else? Okay. I would like to say thank you again to all of our individuals that took the time out to interview. It is not an easy task. U it was not an easy task for us to do it in 10 minutes either. So
011we really um appreciate all of the work that you all have done. Uh, I believe that all three of the top candidates that we have would be great and they would be very successful here in our school district. I am willing to work with any of them that the board decides that they would like to have join us and I'm very elated to see who that will be this evening. For me, um, I would also like to nominate Mrs. Anamaria Johnson. um not just because she was on the board before, but because of her thought and care that she has for the district as well as the students and the community members here. It's not an easy job sitting here. Um it is actually a harder task than some may think, especially when you have
012to think at the top of your head when you're moving through life and just trying to make sure that you're making some of the best decisions. I still support uh and feel that she is also another candidate that would do all of those things that she has continued to do for the board and the community as well. Anyone else? No. All right. So if there are more than one nomination then the following vote will happen. So, as we have two nominations, the vote will be a roll call vote by name of the person you are voting for to fill the vacancy. The majority vote getter will be the successful candidate. I move the board appoint the nominee receiving at least five votes to fill the remainder of Jacob Wyland's term for 2022. >> Second. >>
013All right. >> Roll call, please. >> By name. Thank you, Mrs. Berdick. Dr. Strauss, >> Dr. Campanero, >> Dr. Strauss, >> Mr. Clockardy, >> Dr. Strauss, >> Mrs. Crrael, >> Mrs. Johnson, >> Miss Flecher, >> Dr. Strauss, >> Mrs. Gellman, >> Dr. Strauss, >> Miss Given, Dr. Strauss, Mr. Mr. Hoffman, >> Mrs. Johnson, >> five votes for uh Dr. Strauss. And so the board would um act to appoint her to the uh to the vacant seat. Yes. So congratulations to Reverend Dr. Laura Strauss. So, would you please approach the podium so that the board secretary can swear you in? >> I state your name. >> I, Laura Strauss, >> do solemnly swear that I will support, obey, and defend. do solemnly swear that I will support, obey, and defend >> the Constitution of the United
014States and the Constitution of this Commonwealth >> the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of this Commonwealth >> and that I will discharge the duties of my office with fidelity. >> And I will discharge the duties of my office with fidelity. >> Thank you. Thank you. I'm delighted and shocked. All right. Again, thank you to all who've expressed interest in serving our community. We encourage you to keep that interest in mind for the next schoolboard elections in 2027. Now we will have our capital funding presentation here. I'll share my screen with you. >> Thank you. >> Good evening everyone. I'm very excited to uh be here tonight to discuss the capital projects for the next 10 years. I promise I will make this more entertaining than the Super Bowl from last night. >>
015We were all watching that. That was not very entertaining. >> So, um as we talk about capital projects, uh we always keep in mind the mission of the district, which is to provide the best education possible for each and every student. Our goal is always a collaboration with the mission statement and in accordance with our approved health and safety plan. Our goal is to provide a clean, safe, educational environment in a cost-effective, energyefficient, sustainable manner so as to preserve the district's assets. Our purpose is an aid or a tool to use in uh preserving the capital assets of the district and to satisfactorily maintain and effectively manage the age appropriate learning safety security and related facilities for the Mount Lebanon students, administration and community. The plan provides a means of measuring actual accomplishments against planned
016projects. This plan also demonstrates the efficient use of the operations, maintenance, and capital resources, showing where there is gain and return on the district's investments. So, what is a capital project? A capital project is any new construction, expansion, renovation, or replacement projects. They're more than simple repairs or maintenance. They extend the life of the original asset more than a year, which we will talk about quite a bit during this presentation. And there are also significant one-time purchases of equipment, services, and textbooks. Reasons for capital planning. It's to show administration, staff, and community what what projects are being planned. Provides certainty for the future. We like to be proactive rather than reactive. Prioritizes construction and maintenance needs. aids district financial forecasts and communicates long-term needs to ensure infrastructure is maintained and upgraded. Increases efficiency of planning,
017bidding, and engineering and allows time to plan for larger projects. Projects are determined and prioritized through annual meetings with principles, head custodians, department heads, and administration and other key stakeholders through inspections and audits. uh determining the useful life of equipment and assets which we will touch on tonight, safety and security, enrollment projections, legislation, regulation, school code and AHJS, and also vehicle and equipment inspections. As we talk about some of the capital project items, I want to keep in mind um one of the things that I did uh a deep dive this summer was looking at the building envelope and really looking at where we have been and where we need to go. Um you you're going to see in this presentation that we have um kind of fallen behind a little uh with our capital
018uh projects and how we're going to get back on that course. So, here's some information that is going to be of interest to all here and all on the board. These are some building um established and renovation dates. As you can see, we have quite a few older buildings. Foster built 1940, renovated in 2003, which is now 23 years old or close to it. Hoover built 1963, renovated in 2005. How built in 1929, renovated in 2003. The high school uh originally the original schoolhouse was built in 1930. Other additions were made in 1935, 1955, 1972, and then lastly renovated in 2014. Jefferson Elementary School, built in 1950, renovated in 2004. Jefferson, I meant Jefferson Elementary, I believe. Jefferson Middle School, built 1959, renovated in 1998. So, we've got uh quite some age on that one.
019Lincoln built in 1925, renovated in 2004. Markham built 1929, renovated in 2004. Melon built 1938, renovated in 1998. And Washington built 1921 and renovated in 2005. So these community assets have been around a long, long time, longer than everyone in this room and probably most folks grandfathers and grandmothers. So definitely uh definitely some age on on these buildings even through renovation. Our approved capital projects budgets. You can see um this is a 10-year average. That average is 761,000. If you look at these numbers on the screen, it's important to note that um most of those larger numbers were from 2015 through 2020. The last four years, those numbers have shrunk quite a bit. And um I think we can see that when we talk about the capital projects that are need done in the next
02010 years that falling behind is going to make this a difficult challenge for us to overcome. So again I mentioned that we did a uh deep dive myself and my team uh regarding some uh capital projects into building envelopes. As we look for the capital projects to occur in 2026, um there are quite a few that are in bad need of a replacement. Uh the Lincoln roof edition, uh it was built in 1995. It was recoded about 15 years ago to buy some life out of it. You can see a couple pictures on the screen. Um I got a neat opportunity this summer on July 3rd. I went on the roof. I did some thermal imaging and we have quite a bit of water getting down to the insulation. Uh so it's very important that
021we replace this roof. It's been on the capital projects list I think for the last three years. Couple other pictures of that area as well. So this addition, if you could picture Lincoln and you're looking at the front of it or Rston Place, it's it's the section to the right. So that's that single wing that was uh was added in 1995. Also looked at the Hoover asphalt parking lot. And I'm sure as all you know, we've got that ugly fourletter word called snow, right? Terrible word for all of us. Terrible word for me. Um, and what I do every day, you can see some pictures of the Hoover parking lot. I'm sure when we're done with the snow, it's going to look look worse than this. Um, this was taken back in the fall. You
022can see there's a lot of cracking. Um, a lot of ice and water is going to get underneath there, continue to explode, and pop this out. Um, it's important that we get this done. We've fallen behind on a lot of our parking lots. Huver right now is in the worst condition. There's a couple other pictures of that as well. So, we're looking to get that done this summer. Also looking to do the power wash of the seal uh power wash and seal cracks at the high school tennis courts. So, the overall condition of the tennis courts is in really good shape. The fencing is in good shape. Uh most of the tennis courts themselves, the clay surface is in is in good shape. Uh however, we're getting a lot of water starting to go down.
023And there's some pictures here that you can see. You can see the cracking starting. So again, when water gets underneath, it starts popping that that starts to explode and lift. So we're looking to get those sealed and put a coating on top of it to buy some life on the tennis courts themselves. They definitely uh get a lot of use. The community uses them quite a bit. Our high school teams use them quite a bit. They're a nice community asset to have. I'm looking to extend the life on those. Also, every year, before I get ahead of myself, we do districtwide concrete work. This is generally concrete work. That's a little much for our mason to do. Our mason will do a lot of smaller projects, but we like to go around and do a
024good bit of concrete at each and every school. Again, we talk about that ugly four-letter word, snow, ice, salt, very terrible on on the concrete. I'm sure a lot of you folks have the same problems at home. It gets underneath, starts lifting that pad, and we're looking to get a bunch of that done again this year. So that is 2026 and we're going to do another uh deeper dive into 2027. Um Foster Elementary School, we're looking to continue reporting the brick on the right side of the school. There's a good picture here for those of you that can see. If you look to the right of the screen, that's a section of brick we did about roughly two years ago. If you look to the left, you can see a lot of the the cracking
025developing right now. in good stable form. So, I'm anticipating we can get two more years out of it. We're looking to get that brick replaced and repointed up to the parapit wall. Uh we also want to restore the Melon Auditorium roof. Again, another roof this summer I got the opportunity to do some thermal imaging on. That roof itself is in fairly good shape. Um we're looking to get that restored so we can buy some life out of it. Uh again, anytime we get to maximize our our um billing up envelope and upgrade, we do. I also wanted to note to the board that in doing that this summer, we were able to extend some warranties on a couple of roofs that were out of warranty. That would be Washington Elementary School in Hoover. Those are
026both in good shape. So, we were able to extend that warranty for an additional 5 years. We got some pictures of that as well. You can see a lot of the different spots here that we marked up, a lot of patches on that particular roof um over top of the auditorium. Uh we're also looking to upgrade the auxiliary gym lights in the high school. So a couple years back we did the south gym lights, changing those from fluorescent to LED. And we're going to talk about that a little further as well. There's a good picture here. You can see on the left are old fluorescent lights that are currently in the north gym and gold gym and on the right are LED lights that are in the uh south gym. The LED lights are much
027uh more energy efficient. They're cheaper to operate and they provide a better lighting the other way. Um, also looking at Hoover or excuse me, uh, how elementary asphalt uh, paving on that parking lot. That one as well is getting in bad shape. Again, a lot of snow, a lot of water getting underneath. You can see some cracks by the drain area. And that's something my staff will go around. We'll co patch it in the winter and then we'll put some hot asphalt on to buy some time. But we're getting to the point where that's going to need redone as well on that side of that parking lot where the teachers and staff park. Um back forth here. >> Also, again, every year like I mentioned, we tend to do uh concrete work. It's it's really
028we have so much concrete around the district in 10 buildings. It's hard not to do some concrete work each and every year. And lastly for 2027, we're looking at doing the fine arts uh theater lighting controller. I believe uh with the high school, we got a new lighting controller, Mr. Stangle, about six years ago or so roughly. And so the uh fine arts lighting controller in the theater needs to be upgraded as well. That's not been upgraded since the renovation. So once we get past the first two years, um there are projections. As you can see, uh, for cost, the estimated total for this year is $619,739. That's a pretty firm number at this point. The estimated total, uh, for 2027 is $850 uh, and 413. Again, that's an estimated total. These are all based
029on projections today and then kind of guesstimating what inflation may look like and economic conditions. So, the further out we get as I do this presentation, it becomes more of a guesswork, right? So, we we don't always know. If we look into 2028, as we get further out, these projects are less certain for the years. These are my best guesstimates uh based on current conditions and what we're looking to upgrade. Uh Lincoln Elementary School has asphalt paving uh to do. Again, a lot of paving on on all these just because of the nature of uh the weather here in our wonderful town of Pittsburgh. uh the stadium uh facility. I know a couple years back Mr. Marciniac may have talked to you about replacing the home grandstands, the locker rooms, the restrooms, and the lights.
030Those are definitely in ancient condition. I can tell you the boiler that supplies the heat to those two is really at the end of its life. Uh we've been able to keep that going. Uh and the grandstands themselves and the press box definitely have a lot of age to them. We would love to upgrade the lights to LED. They'd be much more energy efficient, provide better lighting for game atmosphere. At the high school, the brick pavers that you see around, uh, they're going to need cleaning and restoration process as well. Uh, we do go around and lift those when they tend to sink. Um, but it's time to get those cleaned off. There's a lot of debris that gets in the middle of them, causes that to heave and and lift. Also looking to uh
031electrostatically paint the athletic lockers. So, in the athletic building, that building was uh brought online in 2012. So that itself now has some age to it. We're 14 years in. It opened um I guess 13 and a half. It opened November 2012. Those lockers themselves will show a lot of age from the condensation, the sweat from all the folks gym equipment. And they're at a point now where they need to be uh um electrostatically painted. The high school, if you take a look at the high school parking lots you're driving here, the back half uh towards the upper practice field is starting to get worse condition. We'll hope to uh seal that and and do some patching on that to get a couple years out of that. But that's going to be done as well.
032And Jefferson Middle School, we did do some uh repointing on the corner of the building. So, if you're driving into the teachers parking lot from the Moffet Street side, you'll see some brick changes in color. We're looking to extend that. We'll keep an eye on that. Um, you know, maybe we can make it a year or two further, but that's my best guesstimate. Foster uh resurfaced the tennis courts to tennis pickle ball. Those tennis courts, they are in bad condition and they've been on the list for quite a few years. It's definitely something that's needs done. We try to buy a few more years out of it if we can. In our high school, we refinish the pool with a Marsite finish. That Marsite finish has been slowly flaking off. We've been getting patch work
033done the last uh five to six years. It's going to come to a point where we won't be able to patch it anymore. We'll have to do a refinish on it. I hope to get maybe a higher grade refinish so that way the next person that comes in will have the same pool for the next 20 25 years. Right now, that pool opened in 2012. 12 is 13 years in. So that type of finish didn't last very long. Uh at that same time as we replace the press box, the track will be due to be replaced. So that track was uh done in 2020. It has an 8-year warranty on it. Uh the problem that we're going to run into is when we re renovate the stadium. I'm sure there's going to be a lot
034of debris and a lot of things going on that are going to affect that condition of that track. So as that's going on, you're also going to have contractors here. So, it would be much cheaper to have someone here already instead of mobilizing to do it again in a year or two. So, we hopefully can get that blended in. Again, districtwide concrete work. And Jefferson Elementary, the front playground structure, uh, has some age on it as well. Uh, one of the things I got reertified for in December, I'm a certified playground instructor, so I do all our playground uh, certifications each and every year, and that one is getting to the end of its life. The total there is 2.2 million. That's an estimated total. I know it's a very large figure. Um, obviously conditions
035can change on that and that is just uh based on conditions today. Melon Middle School. Again, asphalt paving of the parking lot. The high school, we would do the side closest to the fine arts theater. So, we're doing them in conjunction so we have parking throughout the summer, places for folks to work. Again, districtwide concrete. And at that point, the high school upper practice field turf will need to be replaced. It'll be about 10 years into that job. It's warrantied for eight. If we can get more time out of it, we certainly will, but it's on our agenda to think about. Uh we've also, and I know the board's been involved in this through several different boards. We've talked about turfing, um Jefferson, and or melon, uh the football, soccer, and softball field. So, I
036did get some information from some folks, some very, very, very preliminary numbers. um looking into that we would get more bang for our buck doing Jefferson and doing those three fields and how elementary school needs a replacement of the PA in the auditorium and Washington Elementary uh school we're looking to replace steam boilers with water boilers those boilers we've had a lot of trouble with this year we've been able to keep them up and running but they're getting into the end of their useful life as well estimated total of $2.4 4 million. So 2030, as we're starting to move on down the line here, Melon Middle School, we're looking at replacing auditorium doors and seats. Those of you that have been in Melon Middle School, those auditorium seats are very old, right? You're laughing. Not
037very comfortable, right? We all know that. And uh we've been keeping those together with spare parts that are getting increasingly harder to find because they don't make those anymore. Um, also looking at Mark and Markhamm Elementary School replacing the section of the roof. About 5 years ago, we did a previous section. So, we look to do the other section is that will be out of warranty by then. Um, interesting to talk about. You're going to see a lot of these in the next couple years. Fluorescent light bulbs, they're getting more and more expensive. Phosphor is getting harder to find and they are definitely not energy efficient. Um, if those of you who read my uh board reports, we've continued to add LED lights as much as we can. We got a tremendous deal this year
038where we bought 300 uh light fixtures that we're putting in cafeterias and auditoriums. We bought them for a dollar each. So, that was a good find. Um, you know, we try to do as much as we can in-house, but it's going to come to a point where they could even possibly ban fluorescent lights. I know different states are doing that. I don't have an idea if Pennsylvania will do that in the next 5 years, but these are things that need be to be done. So, each of these years, I'm going to project some to be done. Foster and Hoover this year. Nan districtwide concrete work. Estimated total 1.5 million. If you look at 2031, so it's uh an anniversary this year for Lincoln Elementary School. If those of you attend that, I encourage you to
039walk in the door. So the main entrance A1, look to the left, and you're going to see a picture of the wall of that baseball field. That is the same wall that is there today. So it's it's got a lot of useful life out of it. And we've done a lot of patchwork over the years. We've painted it over the years. It's going to come to a point where that wall is going to need to be preded and rebuilt. And that's going to be a tremendous undertaking. Um, you know, could it possibly last longer than that? I could, but I, you know, I keep an eye on that every time I'm over there. So, it's uh definitely something as you're over there for the celebration. Take a look at that wall. Uh, Lincoln Elementary School
040replace the uh roof. That would be the roof on the original part of the building, the one I didn't mention earlier. districtwide. It would be the cycle for purchasing new school buses. So, we've replaced since I've been here, which is now I'm in 18 and a half years. We've replaced every one of our school buses, but the oldest one will be um ready to go by 2031. We try to keep those new and on in good condition and on the road. We look to replace that. Um how elementary school replaced the roof and then I preemptively put the high school resurfaced the tennis courts. It's possible we could we get more time out of the resurfacing we're doing. Um but I'm going to estimate five and then we'll see where we're at. I'll continue to
041look at it. Um obviously there's going to be other cracks forming over the years. This is just a buy some time. That will also be a tremendous undertaking. Uh the largest part of that project that will be huge is if you take a look at it, there's not an easy way to get equipment in there. So when it was built, it was built with the permeable pavers on there. So we're going to have to add some dirt to get machines up through there. So that's going to be expensive project as well. Uh for Markham Elementary School, we would look at aspholding the back of the building and rear parking lot. And then the two schools I would look to do the flesherent lights with LED would be how elementary and Lincoln. And again an estimated
042total ju just a guesstimate at this point would be 3.2. The largest project there being pging that wall and seeing what condition it would be in melon roof replacement. So, that would be the part of the roof we're not getting replaced this year. I was up there this summer. It's still in good condition. Um, but it is not under warranty anymore. They wouldn't extend that warranty. Uh, we'll keep doing patches on it. That's my best guesstimate that what we have for that roof. Jefferson Elementary and Jefferson Middle School, we would look to replace the flescent bulbs with LEDs. Again, the real reason we're we're phasing these in is I'm going to try to use as much of my staff as I can and not contract that out. It's a large undertaking. Um, also it's it's
043a large job. It's going to take quite a bit of time for a company to come in and replace those bulbs. That's hence why it's two every year and just my best guesstimate. Districtwide purchase utility dump truck. I can tell you we got a lot of work out of ours these past couple weeks. Um, they're taking a beating. We need to get them cleaned. Maybe tomorrow 42 degrees. Everybody will be happy. I can go out and wash them. Um, high school replace IPA paging system. We actually did an upgrade on this paging system uh over the Christmas break and the last card I had a bag card sent to me got put in today. So I'm very excited about that. Um it's amazing how fast these companies are switching technology and how hard it is
044to get parts and they start abolishing parts five to six years out. So these parts that we have now will work. We'll see in 2032 where we're at. And then districtwide concrete work estimated total 1.5 million. Okay. 2033 uh districtwide upgrade or S2 network security access system. That is something I did uh this year. I got a new version put in. Uh that is the last version that S2 will support and then they're going to do away with that version. So I'm hoping to buy some more time out of that. That is the thing that controls the badges, security, the doors that we set throughout the district. So that again has some age on it that was put in in 2012 as we started uh putting this building in Lincoln Elementary asphalt paving parking lot
045and rear of building. Uh Washington Elementary roof replacement by that time the extended warranty will be up and you know if it it's in good condition we'll try to pass that down the line but that's my best guesstimate. And then Washington and Melon replacing the flescent bulbs with LEDs in classroom and halls. the high school replace cafeteria tables. Those cafeteria tables, I think somebody mentioned uh earlier today of how much the kids eat. They do. And uh it could be very messy up there. Excuse me. When you get to the end of the day and those tables were put in in 2014, so they do have some age on them as well. Parts for those we've replaced over time are getting harder to find. Districtwide again, we'll be purchasing another school bus. It's it's a
046cycle for us and I'm guessing about every 10 to 12 years on those and then districtwide concrete work for uh just a little over 1 million. 2034 high school replace auditorium and fine arts theater roofs. Those roofs were done prior to the renovation project. Not too much prior, but but uh prior and I'm anticipating those will need done. We did some uh thermal imaging on the auditorium roof. It it was in good shape. Uh not a lot of water getting down at all, hardly if any. So, that was a good sign from this summer. Uh, Districtwide purchased our other utility dump truck. Districtwide purchased a box truck. Uh, for those of you that aren't aware, we have two box trucks. One takes around our lunches every day, and one is kind of a spare, but
047we a lot of times use that to move uh equipment around the district, supplies around the district, and also to take uh box truck trips out for the various sports teams. A Hoover Elementary School roof replacement. Again, I mentioned before that we extended the life of warranty. I would look to do those roofs in different years. And then the high school replacing the fluorescent lights with LEDs and halls. And one thing I'd like to mention is as we continue to be able to afford as our regular budget goes for LED lights, we will continue to replace those as we can so that we're not looking at replacing all these at one time. If we follow the good deals like we did this year, we'll do the same thing. We'll we'll purchase them. We'll we'll put
048them in. Uh we're very lucky in the district. We have a capable trades crew. Our electrician is very good. And uh we had our plumber, our electrician, our two HVAC techs, and our carpenter all working on the projects uh over the last couple weeks. And they're a pretty good team when they work together. And also Melon uh or excuse me, Markhamm Elementary School replacees rights. And lastly, districtwide concrete work. Estimated price would be 3.4 million. Again, that is really based on my best projection of what costs will be in 2034, which who knows what that will be. And lastly, 10 years out, 2035, uh, for the high school, again, replacing more fluorescent lights. I can't imagine that job would take place in one summer. It's a huge job. And districtwide purchased another school bus. Lincoln
049Elementary School replaced a large uh playground structure. The high school repay for Horseman and Stadium Drive, which are in pretty good shape right now. And then the high school turf, um, for those of you that, uh, are aware or maybe not aware, uh, we did the turf this summer at no cost, uh, because we had a lot of issues with it. That was 2025 and this is 2035 is 10 years. The warranty is 8 years. We try to at least get 10 out of it. So, I'm going to project that. And also, the high school replaced the cafeteria roof and the Hoover elementary school or how elementary school, excuse me, replaced the IP paging system. When I came uh into this department back in 2014, all those paging systems were 10 to 12 years old.
050The first one we did was how in 2016. So at that point, that'll have some age on it. So it'll cycle back through. And lastly, and as I mentioned, every year, districtwide concrete work for an estimated total of 2.4 million. These are some capital budget projections that I talked about just in a larger form as they're much smaller. You could see those. Again, budget is merely a forecast now based on actual bid estimates and these are the last five years as well. And for that, we have any questions? >> I just want to add one thing to the presentation, Mr. Kaiser. For 2028, the um $2.2 million that's listed there does not include the estimated cost for replacing the home grandstands, locker rooms, restrooms, and lights. We'll have to get another estimate for that. >>
051But just to refresh the public's memory from when we did a presentation on this back in 2024, um the estimates based upon the types of things that could occur were on the low end of a $4.2 million and on the higher end of a 12.1 million. That's correct. So obviously um now that this will be something we need to consider down the road, we would have to go back out and have um new numbers calculated for us. And um I think now too, now that I've been here for a while, I think I have different opinions about it based upon things that Mr. Kaiser has taught me and um things that our athletic department and and families have taught us about that space as well. >> Yeah, absolutely. Um I guess one of the questions
052I have is in terms of um getting beyond the next couple of years which are around the average costs give or take 100,000 um that we've seen over the last 10 years when we're looking to the future and we have these um larger years is would we be looking to potentially refinance or or borrow for several of these projects together. Um, how are we >> planning for the >> Yeah, we would have to. So, our goal is to continue to build back our fund balance once the fund balance gets to 8% start moving that into capital funding. We know that these costs um especially for something like the home grand stand is going to be more than just um putting money in our rainy day fund. Um, we have bonds that come due in 2027
053and um, we have bonds that are actually due now too, but the market is not in a good place for us to even consider it. Um, but the next time that we have bonds that come due or 2027. So, that will be a discussion that we're having over the course of the next two years as to what we need to do to move forward. I think what's really interesting about our district is when you look at other districts, they don't have buildings that are the age of our buildings. So, um, you know, an upper St. Clair, um, a Peter Township, theirs aren't a hundred plus years old. And so, I think, you know, having come from places where buildings were built in the 50s, our facility staff has done a fantastic job of staying up
054to date with them. They are clean. Um, they're well-maintained. Our staff cares about the buildings as well. So, we're thankful for that. But at some point, you know, just like as we get older, right, there's some maintenance that needs to occur. And um when you're a 100 plus year old building, that maintenance is a little bit more than just uh some spackle. That's that I don't even know what spackle. >> That's close enough. >> Spackle things. Um I guess my other question uh going back to the slide you shared about the building um establishment and renovation dates and clearly um it's been a while for most of the buildings but particularly the middle schools is there >> not in the 10-year plan I suppose but somewhere that we're planning and thinking about what a renovation
055would look like. I mean, I know we're doing pieces of brick work and roof work and asphalt work as we go, but >> you know, obviously that's going to be a discussion with uh Dr. Freeze and Pat Connelly and you know, those type of folks. I'll just tell you my approach to this. So, when I look at a capital project, I'm looking extending these life to avoid a renovation. And that's the way I've always looked at it. We want to extend the life to not get into an expensive renovation as best we can. right now. There's things I can't control, we can't control. Student enrollment um being one of them. Changes in technology. So, a lot of these rooms may need to be renovated and things may need to be added that make a renovation
056necessary. But that's always the approach that that I I take and my department takes is to try to avoid a renovation to keep these things running um for as long as they can. So, you know, maybe we'll have 200-y old buildings with not a lot of tear down and you know, these same type of buildings. I like that type of generational thinking. >> Um, to piggyback off of Miss Fleer, when it comes to those buildings, I know that we have an amazing skilled staff. >> So, let's say we did have to do some renovating. Maybe I'm going to use a plumbing for for an example. Is it possible to cut back on some of the cost to maybe use our team to do some of those things? >> Give you a good example. The day
057before Thanksgiving, there we were as the temperature turned cold. We had a busted water line coming into the building. >> And so our plumber, we had to rent one piece of equipment, but our plumber, our electrician, our HVAC HVAC techs, we busted open a slab of concrete, cut the pipe out outside, added it in, got our mason to come in and and uh turn the um he actually had to seal coat the wall is what I'm trying to say. And we got that back on, back filled it with stone that we picked up uh from our truck, got that thing running, and now I'm just waiting to concrete it. We'll see when the weather allows that to happen. So, my answer to that is we do that quite a bit as much as we can
058um for those type of jobs. Obviously, some jobs are much larger when you're talking about the larger brick work. My mason won't do that, but he did a bunch of work around Lincoln this summer. Uh there there was a bunch of brick that started on on spalding away needed tuck pointed and he did a lot of that. So, we do try to do a lot of those jobs. In fact, our mason is going to do a job up on melon. when you climb up to the roof and you climb down to the auditorium roof, we got this ship's ladder. As I was climbing down this summer, I noticed that he tuckpoint it. So, in the spring, he's going to go up and tuck point that. We'll replace brick as we can. So, we do a
059lot of that work internally and we're fortunate that way to save on this, but it'll come a point where we won't be able to do that for larger sections or when we have to rent cranes in order to get brick worked up and those sort of things. It's cheaper to go through a company. >> Absolutely. Uh, and then my next question, I know you mentioned the broiler in the the grand stands, like where >> Yeah. >> You said it's like hanging on by a thread. What is that thread? >> So, that that boiler was put in when that building was built. That's the building our facilities offices in. >> And we've had uh numerous broken sections over the years. We're lucky in that combustion services is a contractor we use, they're able to find these.
060When other schools take them out, replace their boilers, they save sections for us. And uh I actually have uh quite a few pictures on my phone and a and and a pipe there of the amount of sludge that was getting in there we cleaned out. So, and that feeds both my office and then the uh uh room next door. I'm hoping not to replace that before the stadium job is done for the specific reason of we can downgrade that boiler for just our office and put a different smaller uh heat pump in underneath the stadium. So, if we do that, it'll be cheaper to operate in the long run. So, I'd really hope we can make it till we do the stadium project because I don't want to spend extra money that we don't need
061to. Um, but my staff has been uh very adept at getting that thing running. You know, sort of like the fawns, we just bump it a little bit. >> Great. Thank you. >> This is more of a comment than a than a question. One thing that's really helpful about having a essentially a 10-year plan here is making sure that we're creative about solutions to for funding this, right? I know that there have been uh efforts in the past number of years building relationships with the municipality. Uh Mount Lebanon Soccer Association uh for example as well. Uh these are great ways for us to you know pull resources in a way that that helps afford these very expensive and necessary upgrades. So uh just more of a comment to the whole that you know that type
062of uh relationship building and creative problem solving is something that is is much more possible when we have an outlook like this knowing what's what's coming up. >> Absolutely. >> Mr. Kaiser, do you want to add um the DCED grant that we're applying for that could um um Mrs. Connelly and I are looking to get a grant. It could pay up to 75% but not necessarily 75% of different projects. We're looking to do the melon roof that I mentioned back in 2027. Fast forward to it. Um >> auditorium. >> Yeah. Melon restore the auditorium roof. That grant has to be a project that is above $500,000. We're going to be slightly above that and we're hoping to apply for that grant and get it. We're hearing that um it'll be awarded sometime in the fall.
063So, if that's the case, I'll try to lock in the prices now for that. So, we would purchase material from the roofing supplier and have that on hand so that we can do that job in the summertime of 2027. Obviously, it's very difficult to do a roof during the school year. That would also necessitate a shutdown of Washington Road. So, if you're in that traffic in 2027, you can blame me. Uh we're going to have to get a crane to crane the material up there. It would be a short amount of time. I'm sure we'd be permitted to do it off off regular business hours as well. So, we are applying for that grant. And it's also good to know, Dr. Freeze, we do quite a bit safety security grants. A lot of projects we
064did last year were safety and security grants. We'll continue to look at that as well for uh any upgrades that we have. Um it's just difficult for me to project what those are going to look like in the future, but that could definitely cut down on some of the costs as well. And I believe I mentioned to the district um or in the board update that we did um do a grant with the township looking to get a a smaller uh vehicle utility van vehicle electric that we could take out without having a CDL if we have smaller groups. So we do partner with them on some of those projects as well. >> That's great. >> Um I had a quick question kind of based on this generational looking at it and again thank you
065for putting this together with the 10 years back and 10 years forward. It's really helpful to see. Um, I just did like a quick back of the napkin average of >> the next 10 years. >> It's looking like 1.9 million a year compared to the last 10 years. Would you say we're looking at like more of a new normal over the next 10 years that that we're just going to be dealing with kind of that level of increased costs on average or is this kind of more a bubble of renovations that have come due at the same time? >> I would say it's more of a bubble. Okay. Um what's interesting is we all know here is with the prices of things have just shot up tremendously right so when you look at those previous
06610 years we didn't quite see these prices interesting to note when I price these things out traditionally anybody we've met with has given us 6 months now 3 months is the most I can get to to lock in a price >> so that has a lot to do with it as well but I do think it's a bubble when we look at the past five years we've you know obviously for for good reason we've underspent >> but that's going to come due. and we're getting further and further away from the renovation. So, we need to think about that as well. So, back in 2014, a lot of those schools were renovated 10 years out. You didn't see that. >> Roof warranties are usually 25 years, 20 to 25 years, depending on what type of roofing
067you go with. They're all coming due, >> right? PA systems all coming due. So, a lot of that has to do with it. So, I'd say it's more of a bubble, but we have to keep in mind the pricing is just gone up tremendously. Where are we going to be in 2034, 2035? That's the hardest thing for me to project. So, I put those numbers together. I'm using market conditions today and assuming inflation at a rate that you know what it's historically been, but where's it going to be? >> Thank you. That's really helpful. >> I was going to ask about the grant grants if what we're doing about it. And so I guess it was nice to hear that. I guess from a PA perspective and what >> um public school facility improvement grants
068and things like that, are we actively researching them, looking at them, applying for them? >> Absolutely. And uh tomorrow morning I have a meeting with Train. They have our agreement for our chillers and we're going to look into some grant writing alternatives there that they can help us with. >> Those chillers we talked about, they installed in 2016. They just did not make this list. Another thing that I'm talking uh with them on is eventually we could jump into a program where they will do some updates and renovations on them at a cheaper price. We're just not quite to that point where we get the bang of for a buck out of it. But yeah, coincidentally, I'm having a meeting tomorrow and I have those meetings quite often. There are a lot of folks out
069there we try to get grants from. Sometimes we're successful, sometimes we're not. And a lot of times, a lot of the issue, especially now, is having that money up front, right? Because in the case of the roof, it's 75%, we got to match 25. So, you have to have that money up front. Some of the projects are too large to have that money up front now. >> Maybe 3, four years from now, we build up our fund balance, we would have that. We could match that. Get these larger projects done as well. >> Good question. Can I just add one last thing? Um, a thank you. You know, if anybody knows, facilities and maintenance has a really challenging job during the winter because they're trying to get everything cleared so we can bring kids back.
070And they were short three people and still made it happen like there were an extra hundred of them. So, thank you, Jeff, to you and your team and for tolerating me um starting at 4:00 a.m. in the morning. >> Anytime. >> Yeah, let me echo that real quick. I mean, stole my thunder. >> Amazing. Just again, the number of facilities we have and the the work that it takes to clear off that amount of snow regardless of, you know, it's I struggle to clear off my driveway in my sidewalk, especially this winter where it just keeps coming. Um, but it it means a lot to the entire community what you do. And I I imagine it often goes unth thanked. You know, people notice the corner that hasn't been cleared as opposed to every other
071one that that has. And it's just tremendous work. Thank you. appreciate it. Our staff did a wonderful job on that Sunday in question. Um, a lot of our folks came in on Sunday, battled some hazardous road conditions, stayed here to try to get us ahead as much as we could, and then we fought it out for the next three days. But hopefully this will be the last one of these for what, 10, 12, 14, >> 20. >> Anything else? >> No. Thank you. >> Thank you so much, Mr. >> All right. Next we have policy. >> So for policy this month we have quite a few policy reviews um that we'll be putting forward for adoption. The first is 903 public comment and board meetings that will be um put through for adoption this month.
072We finished that up um at our meeting prior to this meeting. 204 attendance. 208 withdrawal from school. 212 reporting student progress. 215 retention and promotion. 217 graduation 219 student complaint process 224 CAR of school property 232 student involvement and decision-making 235 student rights and responsibilities 235.1 surveys and 250 student recruitment policy requirements for this month are JED student absences and excuses IKE promotion retention and grade assignment and IKF graduation requirements diplomas and commencement exercises um our policy format is a little bit different. We meet as a committee of the whole at 6:30 p.m. So, if you're interested in the discussion that the board had, um that will be posted to the board website tomorrow for um by tomorrow usually. Yeah. By tomorrow for public view. >> Thank you, Dr. Freeze. Any other follow-up thoughts, questions?
073Everybody good? Great. >> All right. Moving on into finance, Miss Connelly, we'll start with the treasurer's report. The treasur's report reflects cash transactions for the month of January 2026. First report is our treasurer's report which gives the be the January beginning and ending balances of our various accounts and our investments. The monthly report is our projected expenditures and revenue till as of January 31 and what we are expecting to see as of June 30th. There has been one change since last month. We've increased the rental of facilities revenue due to uh Mr. Kaiser's analysis of the current reservations applying the approved pricing or fees related to it. Uh, so we are now showing a surplus of $415,85. >> Thank you. Love a good surplus. Any questions, comments? >> Okay. Monthly list of bills. The monthly
074list of bills reflects checks authorized to be drawn from January 20 22nd, 2026 to January 30th, 2026. All checks have been reviewed by the administration. The superintendent recommends approval of this list. Thank you. Any questions or comments? No. Budgetary transfers for February 2026. >> Budgetary transfers for January 2026 total 17,265 for elevator maintenance, facility supplies, elementary vocal music supplies, athletic supplies, athletics travel, and high school CPR materials. The superintendent recommends approval of these transfers. >> Any questions or comments? I just have a general um financial uh comment. We don't have any uh tax refunds to review this month thankfully. But I did want to note just because this board in the past has discussed um support of a countywide ordinance uh loop legislation which is a longtime owner um occupancy protection or I don't remember
075what the P stands for. um tax exemptions for longtime owner occupants of residential properties. Uh this is legislation that the county could take that in the event of uh countywide assessment um would protect folks that have been in their homes for more than 10 years and are at a certain percent of the area median income. Um, I know we've discussed sort of general support for that so that any reassessment didn't negatively impact um seniors uh lower and moderate income folks. uh the that also went to a committee on um the committee on assessment practices and was unan well positively um passed back to for the council to vote. So um our own county council person for our district was the one who introduced the legislation um and serves on that committee. So that's good news
076in general and I think the tenor of the discussion at the county council was that a reassessment is a matter of when not if and I think they're I don't know building up support or just coming to the realization that they can't continue to go down the path of just ignoring the problem and hoping it will go away. especially now that municipalities um are having to do large tax increases to to make up for the the common level ratio losses. So, I just wanted to update the board and the community on that. Um if folks want to learn more, um the county council meets, I believe, tomorrow. Um and their meetings and discussion are all online. There are some news articles that came out about this. Uh so I'm hopeful uh and am just publicly
077supporting the passage of this legislation as a step forward and necessarily necessary um protection in the event of a countywide reassessment. Thank you Miss Fleer and definitely a step we need to take. So thank you so much. Uh, Miss Connley, Parkway West Career and Technical or Technology Center general operating budget. >> The 2026 2027 budgets for Parkway West Career and Technical Technology Center were approved on January 6th, 2026 by the jointer member representatives. The Mount Lebanon School District is asked to consider and approve the general operating budget of 10,147,639 and a jointer budget of 1,628,684. The estimate of Mount Lebanon's contribution to the operating budget is $375,64324. The contribution to the jointer budget is an estimated 148,780 $8020. Final expenditures are based on actual enrollment numbers. The superintendent recommends approval of these budgets. Thank you.
078Any questions or comments? Okay. Human resources personnel report. The personnel report details personnel appointments, changes in assignment, leaves of absences, resignations, sbaticals, and retirements to be considered by the board. Any questions or comments? >> Facilities. Mount Lebanon Soccer Association. >> The board has asked to approve an EOU with the Mount Lebanon Soccer Association for the donation of soccer goals at Lincoln Elementary School. Superintendent recommends approval of thisou. >> Thank you so much. Thank you to Mount Lebanon Soccer Association for reaching out and doing this. I think this is wonderful news for us. Any other questions or comments? >> All right. Well, I guess I I did have one um just general comment because I think we had a a different um unassociated with the group uh last month that we considered and I'm just wondering
079if there's the opportunity to just do like a a districtwide walk through and come up with anou that addresses needs or that would look at multiple buildings in one or do we need to have separate for each instance? >> Each of these are unique. Um the MOU last month involved some capital improvements. So the terms and conditions are very specific to the the donation that is being made by MLSA. Um to the extent we could consolidate them, we would certainly look to do to do that. But they they often time come they come up at different times also and so we're just happy to have their support and donations. >> Agreed. >> Thanks. >> Okay. Moving to curriculum and instruction PTE comprehensive plan. >> So good good evening. This is the uh motion that we
080made last month and as we described last month uh the motion the documents needed to sit for the 28 days for your consideration. Excuse me. So the motion reads Mount Lebanon School District undertook a constituent-driven community communitywide strategic planning process during the 2425 school year. The re results from the this community engagement are proposed to satisfy the Pennsylvania Department of Education's chapter 4 requirements relative to planning for school entities. Specifically, the future ready comprehensive planning portal was created to provide a consistent planning framework and collection tool for all Pennsylvania local education agencies and schools. Using the results from the district's strategic planning process, the following documents were prepared in the planning portal uh are included in this agenda effective immediately which again dates back to last month uh for the required public review period and
081will be formally present uh which was formally presented on January 26th. uh the comprehensive plan or chapter 4 academic standards, chapter 16's gifted education plan, chapter 12 student services, chapter 49 induction plan, chapter 48 professional development plan, and any feedback on these documents obviously can be submitted to Dr. Schol or myself uh in the next week or so. >> Thank you so much. Any questions or comments? >> Okay, ready to learn block rate. The second item we're asking to approve is the 2526 readyto-learn block grant in the amount of $468,000 $468 $618,000. We intend to use the funds for six period stipens teacher salaries for the elementary foreign language program and we will modify the last bullet. It actually is for the web program which is the transition program for students between five and six.
082>> Great. Thank you so much. Any questions or comments? >> I just want to make sure I understand the sixth period stipens, those are teachers are contracted for five periods and that stipen is that they teach an additional period. Is that right? >> Yes. It's so that we can help with um not having to add an additional teacher. So teachers take on additional responsibilities and the cost for it is significantly lower than adding a teacher. Great. >> Thank you. Any other questions or comments? Okay. Questions or comments from residents? This public comment period is open to residents and taxpayers regarding matters of concern, official action, or deliberation which are or may be before the board. All commenters should begin by stating their name. Comments are limited to three minutes and will we will notify commenters
083of their time has expired. Questions requiring follow-up will be referred to the administration for later response. Comments by public participants are their own and should not be assumed to be the statements of the district. The Mount Lebanon School District is committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment that recognizes and celebrates the diverse identities within our community so everyone feels a sense of belonging. Do we have anyone here wishing to speak? Y Hey everybody, Pat King, Long View Drive. Um, I'm going to make a couple comments on the board vacancy selection. I Mrs. CrarAel, you said that you received a number of of of uh notes in support of a certain candidate um for this board vacancy. May I ask who that candidate was? Yes, that was you, Mr. >> Thank you. I appreciate
084I appreciate you acknowledging it. You wouldn't acknowledge it earlier, but I appreciate you acknowledging it now. Um um the decision tonight really was a foregone conclusion u that you would appoint who you did even though I know the issues, the good, the bad. I come to the meetings, you guys know that I sit in the rooms with you. I know the challenges, the opportunities, and the financial stress points. Um, I've not seen uh, all due respect, Reverend Krauss at any of the meetings. I could be wrong, but I haven't seen her attend any meetings. Um, you appointed someone who's never come to the meetings, never has been involved in and followed the the discussion. Um, and you're going to need to ramp up and train somebody fast in order to show some value. really quickly.
085So, that's going to be that's going to be a challenge. More importantly, tonight was a missed opportunity for you to show some courage and some leadership to try to unite the town in a constructive and positive manner. It's a sad state of affairs. It's a shame it has to be this way. I'd like to speak to the public about the financial situation. Um, for a number of years, the Mount Liman School Board and Superintendent Tim Steinhower, previously announced, Superintendent Melissa Fes has continued to approve these bloated annual school district budgets in a nine to nothing vote. Our school district budget has skyrocketed from 102 million five or six years ago to now 130 million. That's nearly $30 million increase in just five or six years. That's unheard of. It just doesn't happen. And you can
086you can blame state revenue not falling behind. You can you can blame common le common level ratio and I know you're praying for it to get passed and maybe that'll save you guys in the end. Uh but the school board is approving these budgets on the backs of libo taxpayers. I've collected and studied the tax data for the last five or six years. Each household is paying between three and $300 and $1,000 a year in annual taxes. When you when you multiply that cumulatively over the fiveyear period, each household is paying between $6 and $10,000. Additionally, over those five years, me personally, our taxes has gone from $10,400 annually to $12,938. Um there's a disconnect when our millage rates are being increased at a faster rate than our comparative school districts. We've gone up 25%
087in the last 5 years. NA is 3%. uh Quaker Valley uh 13 Peters Township 11. I know I'm at the end of my time. I had a mortgage broker who called me and said his M Lebanon clients are complaining about their monthly premiums going up every month. He said it's not your principal and interest. That's a 30-year fix. It's your Mount Lebanon school district taxes. So, I'd urge you guys to stop this nonsense and quit passing these bills that are that are maximizing the taxes on the on the taxpayers on me and all of you as well. I'm not surprised the outcome tonight is what it was. >> I told everyone I know tonight I was not going to get selected and I was right. >> Have a good night. Thank you. Anyone else? Okay,
088I have a mo motion to adjurnn. So moved. Second. Thank you.