Friday, March 22, 2013
Motorists should be aware of these additional parkway restrictions.
Motorists traveling inbound on the parkway will experience some restrictions Saturday. Overhead sign safety inspections on the inbound Parkway East (westbound I-376) in Churchill will occur on Saturday morning, March 23, weather permitting. Work requiring intermittent single-lane closures and traffic shifts will occur from 6 a.m. to noon on the inbound Parkway East between the Monroeville/Route 22 (Exit 80) and Churchill (Exit 79B) interchanges. Mackin Engineering and the Sofis Rigging Company will conduct the work. Motorists should use caution, allow extra time and expect changing traffic patterns when traveling through the area. ________________________ "Like" Patch on Facebook. | Follow us on Twitter . | Sign up for our daily email …
Thursday, March 14, 2013
The administrative offices also will not be moving to new office space in Braddock.
The Woodland Hills School Board decided Wednesday night not to sell the district's administrative building in Churchill and lease new office space in Braddock. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting that the board voted 5-4 to reject the plan. Board members Fred Kuhn, Tara Reis, Bob Tomasic, Regis Driscoll and Brian Estocin voted against the plan. Colleen Filiak, Jeff Hanchett, Marilyn Messina and Robert Clanagan voted for it, according to the Post-Gazette. The agenda noted the school board would vote on approving an agreement with Trek Development for the sale of the property at 2430 Greensburg Pike. In January, the board approved the sale of the administration building with the plan to move to new office space being built by Trek in …
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Responding to citizens, Woodland Hills School Board voted to hire an independent financial analyst to review the administration building sale/lease agreement, then failed to actually appoint someone to do the analysis.
After hearing concerns of Churchill residents over the figures used to determine the cost benefits of selling the Woodland Hills administration building and leasing office space in Braddock, the school board took action Wednesday night to hire an independent financial analyst to review the numbers. Superintendent Alan Johnson even recommended someone for the job—Pat Sable, who was the long-time chief financial officer for the Allegheny Intermediate Unit, which provides specialized educational services to Allegheny County's 42 suburban school districts and five vocational/technical schools. He cited Sable's expertise in working with school district budgets as a plus over certified public accounts who work more with the business sector. …
Monday, February 4, 2013
Beulah Road and Brinton Road on the maintenance schedule for this week.
PennDOT will be performing some maintenance on roadways in the Patch area. Crews will be working on drainage improvements on Beulah Road between Old Beulah Road and Churchill Road in Churchill Borough. PennDOT will also perform pipe and inlet cleaning on Brinton Road in Braddock Hills and North Braddock between Maple and Pallas avenues. PennDOT advises motorists to use caution, slow down and anticipate changing traffic patterns, lane closures and possible delays when traveling through the area. Work zone safety is everyone’s responsibility. PennDOT also reminds motorists they can log on to 511pa.com or call 511 from any phone to check traffic conditions and cameras on major roadways before traveling. ______________________ "Like" Patch …
Friday, January 25, 2013
At Wednesday's special legislative meeting, the substitute superintendent, and representatives from TREK Development and Rothschild Doyno Collaborative, provided details to the public.
Woodland Hills School Board is expected to vote on Monday on whether to approve or reject the sale of the current administrative office building on Greensburg Pike and move of the staff to leased office space in Braddock. The proposal has advocates on both sides of the issue, with some favoring TREK Development Group's proposal to build 48 units of senior housing on the Greensburg Pike and move the administrative staff to new office space on the site of the former UPMC Braddock hospital. Others prefer the idea of retaining the property for future use, finding space for the staff in one of the district's existing buildings, or considering other ideas for the site and staff. In an effort to provide the public with background about the …
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
Forest Hills resident questions benefit to district's children if administration building is sold and offices moved to Braddock.
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Thursday, January 24
Open Letter to Woodland Hills School Board: As a Forest Hills resident, district taxpayer, and parent, I urge caution to the Woodland Hills School Board with regard to the TREK proposals to relocate district administrative offices and sell district property. TREK’s proposal offers no strong financial argument and no clear benefit to the district. Leasing space (regardless of in which community) would create a new cost that will ultimately lead to higher taxes for all district residents without providing any direct benefit to most. I look to the school board to find ways to reduce district costs and thus my taxes, not to raise them. And where is the benefit to students? None of what I’ve heard about this proposal addresses how students …
Woodland Hills School Board will resume the discussion about and then vote on the possible sale of the administration building in Churchill and moving offices to Braddock on Monday night at 7 p.m.
Woodland Hills School Board will have the weekend to mull over two presentations, and a number of citizen comments and questions, before reconvening Monday, Jan. 28, to vote on whether to sell the district administrative office building in Churchill and move to leased space in Braddock. (Those interesting in speaking at the meeting, see information at end of story.) TREK Development Group of Pittsburgh has offered to buy the administration building at 2430 Greensburg Pike for $625,000. The group would raze the former Churchill Elementary School building and construct a senior citizen apartment building with about 48 units. TREK is also offering to lease office space to the school district in a new building being constructed on the site of …
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The meeting at Woodland Hills High School auditorium begins at 7 p.m.
Woodland Hills School Board will hold a special legislative meeting at 7 p.m. tonight (Wednesday) to consider and possibly vote on the sale of administration building and discuss the possible move of the administrative staff to offices in Braddock. The meeting will take place at the Woodland Hills High School auditorium, 2550 Greensburg Pike, Churchill. Speakers were required to register by Jan. 22 but public comment will be taken at the end of the meeting. The meeting will include presentations by Substitute Superintendent Alan Johnson and TREK Development Group of Pittsburgh, which has offered to buy the administration building at 2430 Greensburg Pike for $625,000. The group would raze the former Churchill Elementary School building, now…
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Opinions are divided on whether to retain the Greensburg Pike building or sell it to a developer and move administrators to new, leased offices in Braddock.
Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect the location of next week's meeting and information about residents speaking on the issue. Woodland Hills School Board will hold a special meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, to discuss a proposal to sell the administration building in Churchill and move district administrators to new, leased offices in Braddock. The meeting will be held in the Woodland Hills High School auditorium. To register to speak, call and/or email Tomeka Billingsley at 412-731-1300, ext. 0124 or billto@whsd.net. This is now being billed as a special legislative meeting where the board has the ability to vote on the sale and move to Braddock. The board decided to postpone voting on the sale Wednesday night …
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Deborah Vereen, principal of the school in Churchill Borough, said in a memo that students were never in danger.
Students from Shaffer Elementary School in Churchill posted nonspecific threats Monday night on Facebook, prompting an immediate investigation by Woodland Hills School District and Churchill police. In a memo to parents, Principal Deborah Vereen said she and the school district were alerted to the threats on Monday night. "An immediate investigation was conducted by the school district and the Churchill Police Department," Vereen wrote. "The students who made the threats were not in the building and the Woodland Hills School District and I will be working with the police to investigate the incident." Consequences for the students reponsible will be given according to the district's Code of Student Conduct. "At no time was your child in any…
Sue T
12:50 pm on Thursday, March 14, 2013
We may have a wait. I was wondering the same thing a couple of weeks ago so I looked it up. The school districts aren't required to set the millage until June. more ›