Mr. Richard R. Fellers

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  Published on: 7/20/2007    Last Visited: 4/24/2008  

  "The work is a necessary safeguard after the collapse of a small section of ceiling in a second-floor stairwell about two weeks ago," said Richard Fellers, the Pittsburgh Public Schools' chief operations officer.It was Fellers who raised the issue at the agenda-review meeting of the board last night.
  
  Fellers said that the incident was a heads up to district officials even though the ceiling collapse did not release asbestos into the air.
  
  Fellers said they want to ensure that won't happen again, especially when school is in session.
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  Most likely, they will work three shifts for nearly three weeks to get the job done in time for the orientation," Fellers said.
  
  "The work will focus on the school's ceilings however, the consultants are looking at the walls as well," he added.

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  Published on: 4/1/1999    Last Visited: 3/11/2007  

  Richard Fellers, the district's executive director of business affairs, said district staff had decided that the school buildings that should receive historic status are Langley and Westinghouse high schools; Allegheny and Schiller middle schools; and Beltzhoover, Colfax, Concord, Dilworth, Friendship, Lemington, Madison and Woolslair elementary schools.
  
  In determining which schools they would agree should receive the designation, district officials not only judged a building's historic merit, but also considered whether it was the only example of a particular architect's work, Fellers said.
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  In May, hearings will be conducted on 10 buildings that Fellers described as being in a "gray area," meaning that school officials don't believe the buildings should receive the designation but also don't think they have compelling arguments for not including them.

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  Published on: 9/20/1999    Last Visited: 3/11/2007  

  The school board and City Council, which must also give approval, likely will vote on it in October, according to Richard Fellers, executive director of business affairs for the Pittsburgh Public Schools.
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  "On the one hand you're kind of proud that so many schools are seen fit to be nominated, that they're in such good condition people think they ought to be preserved," Fellers said.

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  Published on: 5/30/2002    Last Visited: 4/19/2008  

  Mr. Brannan distributed copies of a February 28 letter from Richard Fellers, chief operations officer of the Pittsburgh Public Schools.
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  In it, Mr. Fellers thanked the forum for its involvement in the process for selling the former South High School, although the end result "was not the action that you recommended."

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  Published on: 1/11/2008    Last Visited: 1/16/2008  

  Richard Fellers, the district's chief operations officer, said potential bidders have scheduled to tour the property.He said bids are due Jan. 29 with the winning bid expected to be awarded on Feb. 27.
  
  He is hopeful a buyer will come forward this time.
  
  "A number of firms have approached us and shown some interest in the property," he said.

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  Published on: 11/20/2007    Last Visited: 11/21/2007  

  "It's in every wall, in every ceiling, on every floor," and more prevalent in Schenley than other district schools, the district's chief operations officer, Richard Fellers, said yesterday.
  
  As far back as November 2005, Mr. Fellers said in a report that "ceiling and wall plaster (particularly on the upper floors) is falling away from surfaces on a recurring basis" and warned that the problem could worsen.
  
  As officials tell it, that's what happened.After a ceiling collapse in a stairwell last summer, the district spent $750,000 to repair 10,000 worn areas of plaster building-wide.
  
  The district yesterday said the installation of new windows in 2005 has reduced ventilation, contributed to humidity and weakened the plaster.Mr. Fellers said the city's Historic Review Commission insisted on that type of window to preserve Schenley's appearance, a point the commission wasn't able to address yesterday.

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  Published on: 11/7/2007    Last Visited: 11/7/2007  

  Teachers report that fewer students have gone home due to asthma or allergies since the initiative began, says Chief Operating Officer Richard Fellers.
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  "When we started, it was hard to find products," says Fellers.

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  Published on: 2/12/2007    Last Visited: 2/5/2008  

  In the Pittsburgh Public Schools, which have used green-cleaning practices since 2000, custodians attend a three-day in-service program every spring that covers different aspects of cleaning, said Richard Fellers, the district's chief operating officer.One in-service was used to introduce green cleaning to the staff.In addition, custodial supervisors assigned to certain zones in the district spot check schools to see if the buildings are being cleaned properly."If they aren't, then we will follow-up," Fellers said.

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  Published on: 4/17/2007    Last Visited: 4/24/2007  

  The Pittsburgh Public Schools formally switched to green cleaning in 2000 because of environmental and health concerns, said Richard Fellers, chief operating officer for the district, which has 68 schools.
  
  "It was the right thing to do; we had more and more students with asthma and reactions to chemicals, and we decided to make changes to make the schools more environmentally safe," Fellers told Education World.
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  To start off in Pittsburgh, supervisors discouraged staff members from using traditional cleaning methods, such as sterilizing cafeteria tables with ammonia, said Fellers.
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  While no studies have been conducted on the effect of the change on attendance and performance, Pittsburgh school staff members have reported that fewer students have been going home because of asthma symptoms or reactions to chemicals, according to Fellers.
  
  Green cleaning materials also are no more expensive than the more mainstream variety."We found it was a one-for-one trade-off," Fellers said.

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  Published on: 3/2/2007    Last Visited: 3/2/2007  

  More money was to be spent adding a gymnasium to Vann, until district Chief Operations Officer Rick Fellers told the board and the administration it could save money by moving Vann's 275 students and Rogers' 315 students to the Milliones building and still have room for growth and four early-childhood classrooms.

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