An email from School Board Director Strotmeyer

Thank you for your inquiry. I will request that the Director of Advancement (Sloane Astorino) provide Dr. Steinhaurer with the documents as required for review and posting to the website (http://www.mtlsd.org/uploaded/District/images/2017-2018/COE_YTD_8_17.pdf). This would include the Fiscal Year summary from 6.30.2013 to the current date. The second page would include Revenues, Expenditures, etc. Additionally, I will be requesting an itemized list of the use of the capital funds. Generic categories such as Fine Arts, Tech Ed, Makerspace, etc. should be broken out into what was purchased with itemized costs listed for residents and the board to see.

One thing I should make clear is that my liaison role in the past was to report on "Revenue Generation/MLFE". I was assigned to the Mt. Lebanon Foundation for Education as Ms. Cappucci's replacement by then President Lebowitz. I was not directed to serve in any capacity on the Capital Campaign, as she and other board members sit on the Cabinet and Advisory committee. Occasionally, I did provide a few bulleted updates on the Capital Campaign, such as "cultivation events are planned; continue to make community outreach." Mr. Riemer began to ask for board updates in the early spring on the financial status of the campaign, but, it wasn't until May 6th when I emailed a specific request for the revenue/expenditure summary that newer board members, including myself, became aware that the campaign costs were exceeding revenues. That action ultimately led to a public discussion and the resulting transparency and accountability we have moving forward. 

Thank you for your time,

Stephen